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Kick-off meeting Water and Land project Tackling Illegal Groundwater Drilling and Abstraction (TIGDA) – April 26th 2021 10:00 CET – Virtual via Teams

March 4, 2021

Groundwater is and remains a valuable resource for the environment and different human activities. Environmental and anthropogenic pressures on this resource include amongst others: climate change (drought, flooding, etc.), (over)abstraction and pollution (point source and diffuse). Water re-use, water buffering and infiltration are some of the possible measures to diminish our requirement for fresh groundwater… [Read more]

WasteForce final meeting

Save the Date: Final WasteForce Conference ‘Watch the Waste’, 7 May 2021

March 3, 2021

The WasteForce project partners are pleased to announce that the final conference of the ISF-Police funded WasteForce Project will take place on 7th May 2021. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, the conference will be held on-line. The theme of the conference is centered around trends in the illegal waste trade, costs related to environmental… [Read more]

EU Green Week 1-4th of June 2021

March 1, 2021

The EU Green Week 2021 is scheduled from 1-4th of June 2021. The European Commission is planning to hold the Green Week as a virtual conference and will be dedicated to the  Zero Pollution Ambition. At the EU Green Week website you can find more information. There are three ways to participate in the EU… [Read more]

New EU strategy on adaptation to climate change

February 25, 2021

EU ADAPTATION STRATEGY The European Commission adopted its new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change on 24 February 2021. This new strategy sets out how the European Union can adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change and become climate resilient by 2050. The Strategy has four principle objectives: to make adaptation smarter, swifter… [Read more]

Have your say: Consultation on the Environmental Crime Directive open until 03/05/2021

February 23, 2021

The European Commission has asked for input from the public and a broad range of stakeholders according to their interests and expertise in this subject. They include:    Academic/research institutions    Government authorities in charge of environmental policy   National prosecutors and professional networks for prosecutors   National judges and professional network for judges   National law enforcement professionals or… [Read more]

Technical translation tender is open! English to Portuguese, English to Italian.

January 25, 2021

The WINE project (Waste Water in Natural Environment) is focused on sharing good practices to promote the transition to circular economy in urban and industrial water management, through the reuse of treated waste waters as an alternative water source. For the dissemination purpose of the WINE project we are looking for a TRANSLATION service of a… [Read more]

Last Waste Crime Alert of the WasteForce project

December 15, 2020

As part of the WasteForce project, a series of so called Waste Crime alerts has been produced. This edition of the Waste Crime Alert is the 8th and last one published. It contains update on policy and legislation, enforcement action and news items. Hightlights in this edition are the Chinese ban on solid waste import… [Read more]

WasteForce Webinar: Guidance to prosecution of waste crimes – 18 December 2020

December 12, 2020

The growth of environmental crime has been recognized as being one of the most significant dangers facing the environment today. Therefore the prosecution of environmental crimes is as important as for other crimes. In particular, the impact of such crimes related to the environment is not only linked to both human health and damage to… [Read more]

WCO releases research paper on waste control at borders by Customs

December 12, 2020

The global environment surrounding waste control at borders is evolving. Heightened import restrictions on waste by several countries in the last couple of years have impacted the way the world tackles waste. In addition, the new international rules based on the amendment of the Basel Convention will expand the Convention’s regulatory scope to cover plastic waste from… [Read more]

BIOVAL: joint project to value ecological damages for potential use during prosecution of wildlife crime

December 8, 2020

IMPEL is involved as a partner in BIOVAL, a joint project of EUFJE, ENPE,  KU Leuven and IMPEL. It aims at creating a non-binding, practical instrument to value ecological damages. The major advantages of using such a valuation instrument in administrative, civil or criminal procedures would be the greater legal certainty and the shorter case… [Read more]

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