The IMPEL Waste Management and Circular Economy Project and the Make It Work Initiative (MiW) Project “Enabling Eco-innovations for a Circular Economy” have joined forces to carry out a project on promoting eco-innovations. A crucial element in the transition to the circular economy are the innovations at production and recycling facilities aiming at resource efficiency, prevention of… [Read more]
IMPEL launches PREVENT – Portal for Environmental Enforcers
With the launch of the PREVENT portal, IMPEL has reached another important milestone. The PREVENT portal provides environmental authorities and law enforcement agencies with fundamental and up-to-date information on how to better prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute waste and wildlife trafficking. It compiles information and good practices from relevant manuals and reports, legislation, cases studies… [Read more]
IMPEL host to a Chinese delegation to exchange knowledge on environmental enforcement 10 – 12 December 2019, The Netherlands
A delegation of the IMPEL Board and representatives of IMPEL’s Expert Teams are meeting in The Netherlands this week with a large delegation of the Appraisal Center for Environment & Engineering Ministry of Environmental Protection (ACEE) in Beijing, China, to share knowledge and experience on environmental enforcement in Europe and China. IMPEL will present a… [Read more]
European Environment Agency’s state of environment report outlines the scale and urgency of environmental challenges facing Europe
Early December 2019 the European Environment Agency (EEA) launched its State of the Environment Report 2020, “European Environment — state and outlook report” (SOER 2020). The report provides an overview of the state of Europe’s environment. It highlights that Europe faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency and that, while European environment and climate… [Read more]
4 Networks: “Make a strong enforcement chain for the environment”
The EU networks of environmental regulators (IMPEL), police (EnviCrimeNet), environmental prosecutors (ENPE) and environmental judges (EUFJE) released a joint statement in which they call on the EU institutions and the Member States to support the effective enforcement of environmental rules and to better protect the environment. Specialisation in environmental law is absolutely crucial throughout the… [Read more]
Onshore Wind Farms and Wildlife Interactions – how to prevent bird collisions
Wth a growing number of wind turbine parks, birds collisions and casualties are an increasing concern. In November 2019, the Dutch province Flevoland organised a conference on the issue of Wind and Nature, titled Onshore Wind Farms and Wildlife Interactions – and how to monitor and mitigate risks. Please use the link to the short… [Read more]
IMPEL’s General Assembly in Finland
The highest body of IMPEL, the General Assembly, had its annual meeting on 19 and 20 November 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. In the opening speech of the EU Commission (Aurel Ciobanu Dordea), the three focus areas the Commission will work on were highlighted: – Zero pollution ambition – Circular economy strategy – Climate Change and… [Read more]
ENPE and Eurojust launch e-zine on their environmental crime conference
ENPE and Eurojust launched an e-zine about their ‘International collaboration and cooperation in the fight against environmental crime’ conference. From 28 to 30 October, legal practitioners from all over the world gathered in The Hague for the conference ‘International collaboration and cooperation in the fight against environmental crime’. The conference was organised by the European… [Read more]
WasteForce training on prosecution of crime 27 – 29 November 2019 – day 1
The first day of the WasteForce training on prosecution of waste crime was kicked off in the National Centre for Judiciary Training (CEJ) in Lisbon by the host and representatives of the Portuguese environmental organisations. Some 75 participants of European law enforcement agencies, customs and port authorities, environmental agencies and prosecutors attended the sessions. WasteForce… [Read more]
WasteForce training on prosecution of crime 27 – 29 November 2019 streamed live
The WasteForce Project work package on ‘Capacity Building Activities for European and Asia-Pacific Authorities’ aims to improve authorities’ capability to detect, investigate and prosecute illicit waste management activities and illegal trade of waste. The capacity building activities are targeted primarily to law enforcement, customs and port authorities as well as environmental agencies and prosecutors from… [Read more]
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