During the recent Nature Protection Expert Team workshop in The Netherlands, the participants discussed the EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking progress. One of the external speakers represented WWF/Traffic. Wildlife crime is one of the largest transnational criminal activities, estimated to be worth up to 23 billion USD per year, behind other crimes such as… [Read more]
IMPEL members responding to COVID-19 and Waste Shipment Regulations procedures
The COVID-19 virus also impacts the European competent authorities when it comes to process Waste Shipment Regulations documents. In these unprecedented times, it is encouraging to see how IMPEL members cooperate together to adapt their activities, find solutions, work out compromises and continue their engagement under these difficult conditions. A good example of this is… [Read more]
Paper: Understanding the Impacts of Transboundary Waste Shipment Policies: The Case of Plastic and Electronic Waste
This paper is building on the WasteForce project deliverable ‘EU and Global Policy Impact Analysis Methodology’, which is led by the University of Limerick in cooperation with the United Nations University. Impact assessment is a part of the policy implementation cycle, which can support the design and implementation of effective policies at a minimum cost…. [Read more]
IMPEL Best Practice: National IMPEL Network
In order to make optimal use of the IMPEL membership, some members organise national activities to strengthen the national and regional/local network. In this update two examples are being addressed: The Portuguese National IMPEL Network and the Dutch National IMPEL Day. Both initiatives have a different approach and both can be very effective in reaching… [Read more]
WasteForce Webinar on legislative framework for waste inspections, penalties and reporting of waste crimes, 2 April 2020
The second webinar of the series of capacity building initiatives under the WasteForce project, presented by IGAMAOT (General Inspection of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), will take place on 2 April at 11:30 CET time, to discuss practical case studies of environmental crime related… [Read more]
IMPEL at the AELERT-INECE Conference 2020, Australia
A small delegation of IMPEL attended the international conference hosted by the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network (AELERT) and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). For the first time, INECE and AELERT decided to join forces to examine and push the limits of the Conference theme: “Environmental Collaboration: Shaping the… [Read more]
IMPEL Onshore Oil and Gas Regulation workshop shares information on regulation for subsurface activities
The IMPEL Industry and Air Expert Team’s project team on Onshore Oil and Gas Regulation recently organised and delivered a training in the UK for IMPEL members. The workshop was designed to discuss onshore oil and gas regulation and lessons learned for other subsurface activities, including geothermal energy, ground source heating and issues of legislation,… [Read more]
EASAC: Amount of plastics entering environment exceeds amount that is recycled
EASAC – the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council – is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States to enable them to collaborate with each other in giving advice to European policy-makers. Plastics are an essential material for products in almost all sectors of the economy, and the single word ‘plastics’ cannot… [Read more]
SPIDER WEB closure
The SPIDER WEB (Strategic Project to Increase the Detection and Disruption of Environmental Crime in the Western Balkans) project, funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has been carried out by IMPEL. The project was aiming at increasing the awareness on the importance of tackling environmental crimes and the skillset of all actors… [Read more]
EEB: Environmental crimes cost billions and sanctions must reflect this
The European Union must step up action to tackle an environmental crime spree that is costing billion, is one of the conclusions of the report Crime and Punishment, which presents a series of recommendations to Member States and the European Commission to improve the investigation and sanctioning of environmental crimes in the EU. It calls… [Read more]
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