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The benefits provided by ecosystem services, such as crop pollination and water purification, are of great importance to any economy, both directly and indirectly. Therefore, nature-inclusive decision-making requires that such benefits are taken into account in the economic decision-making process...

On December 19, 2023, Eurostat initiated a data collection effort for ecosystem extent accounts for countries that are part of the European Statistical System (ESS). This marks the first official EU data collection on ecosystem accounts, with countries currently being asked to provide data on a...

National and local authorities are promoting restoration actions in urban areas to mitigate societal challenges such as urban heat island, poor air quality or biodiversity loss. Urban re-greening is among the implementation actions supporting targets of the European Green Deal, EU Biodiversity...