Category: Envi

A rose-coloured liquid extracted from a common yellow plant is helping the green economy flourish in an old Spanish mining site and naturally nickel-rich soils in Albania. It is also boosting the circular economy there and across Europe. The flower, Alyssum murale, absorbs nickel and removes pollution from the soil.

The LIFE programme is on track to be effective, efficient, relevant and complementary and to provide EU added value. Those are the main findings of the mid-term evaluation of the only EU programme exclusively dedicated to the environment, nature conservation and climate action. The European Commission’s mid-term evaluation of the

This issue of LIFEnews looks forward to EU Green Week 2018. It also reports on LIFE’s latest contributions to the circular economy, notably supporting events at COP23, Ecomondo and the European Week of Waste Reduction. Powered by WPeMatico

The first successful breeding of a Mediterranean storm-petrel ringed under an ongoing Maltese LIFE project has occurred at L-Irdum tal-Madonna in Mellieħa. Researchers from BirdLife Malta’s LIFE Arċipelagu Garnija project have confirmed breeding at the site following the fledging of a chick in 2016 and the ringing of a nestling

A historic increase in global trade and mobility is carrying record numbers of animals and plants out of their native home and into vulnerable new habitats. Experts from LIFE-funded projects are meeting in Milan on 29 November to stop invasive alien species from damaging local infrastructure, raising health risks and

From turning old tyres into surfaces for new roads, and recycling poultry manure in the tanning industry to soften leather, this year’s visitors at the Ecomondo conference in Rimini, Italy, saw how the LIFE programme was turning the circular economy into reality with a raft of innovative projects. Ecomondo is

Nature lovers visiting Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses have celebrated 25 years of LIFE-funded conservation work with a stroll through prehistoric peatlands. These peat bogs straddle today’s border between England and Wales, although they have existed for 10 000 years longer than either country. In a series of events marking LIFE’s silver

The 9th edition of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is sweeping across Europe. The past few days have seen over 13 000 events pull in crowds of volunteers to reduce waste, reuse products and recycle materials. Launched as a LIFE project in 2009, the EWWR has been raising awareness about

Climate change is making floods in the north of Italy more frequent and less predictable. As part of the LIFE-funded PRIMES project, communities are learning to read early warning systems and respond together to future emergencies. This month, dozens of citizens and volunteers in the region of Emilia-Romagna, around Bologna,