The Scottish Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) have been in contact with the IMPEL Water and Land Expert Team to raise awareness of a project that they are leading which is looking at prevention-led approaches. The project is interested in learning from IMPEL members, any best practice measures which can help to address pressures… [Read more]
Registration for Water and Land Conference now open!
IMPEL’s 2017 Water and Land Conference will take place 4 and 5 October in Cagliari, Italy. This years’ theme will be “Land use and water quality: which interconnections?” Threats Water, as one of the most precious goods for life, is endangered by multiple threats, often descending from improper land use and illegal conducts. Land is… [Read more]
Announcement 2017 IMPEL Water & Land Conference
IMPEL’s 2017 Water and Land conference will take place 4 and 5 October in Cagliari, Italy. This years’ theme will be “Land use and water quality: which interconnections?” Threats Water, as one of the most precious goods for life, is endangered by multiple threats, often descending from improper land use and illegal conducts. Land is… [Read more]
Protecting our waters: exchange of Member States’ experiences facilitated during IMPEL conference
On 5 and 6 October, the IMPEL Water and Land Expert Team, successfully held its first annual conference to discuss important topics in the area of Water and Land. This conference was a key output from the Safeguarding the Water Environment throughout Europe (SWETE) project. The conference aimed to discuss implementation issues around the Water… [Read more]
New Study Published: ‘Soil and Water in a Changing Environment’
The study ‘Soil and Water in a Changing Environment‘ (June 2014), carried out on behalf of the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission, gathers information on the dynamics between soil and water, focusing particularly on soil water retention (SWR). Soil water retention capacity can be defined as the capacity of the soil to capture, store and/or… [Read more]