Explainers

The EU is committed to safeguarding forests and improving their ability to withstand climate and environmental challenges.

The EU promotes sustainable and eco-friendly practices in food systems to protect the environment and people’s health while improving the food sector’s resilience.

Organic farming produces food by means of natural methods that have a limited environmental impact. The EU wants 25% of its farmland to be organic by 2030 and has clear rules to support that goal.

Healthy forests are vital for people and the environment. EU rules aim to reduce global deforestation by regulating imports and exports of goods whose production contributes to the loss of forests worldwide.

Water is a limited resource. EU legislation protects water resources and ecosystems, and makes sure that drinking and bathing water is clean.

Nature is our lifeline, yet it is deteriorating. The EU nature restoration law sets the first ever binding targets to restore ecosystems, habitats and species.

Forests offer a wide range of benefits for human health and the environment, but are under increasing strain. Several EU initiatives and laws support forests, both within the European Union and worldwide.

The reformed common agricultural policy for 2023-2027 aims to make farming in the EU fairer, greener and more results-driven.

Since January 2021, fishing rights for stocks shared between the EU and the UK are defined in bilateral annual consultations.

Soils are essential for the key services that nature offers, such as food and clean water. Ensuring soils are healthy is necessary for human health and well-being.