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Joke Schauvliege on the presidency of Environment Council
Joke Schauvliege will be the President of the EU’s Environment Council for the coming six months. Which themes does she want to have on the agenda and how does she see the future for the European...
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Date: Mon, 2010-10-25 08:30 - Wed, 2010-10-27 18:00 The global forum on sustainable materials management will examine how a policy approach aimed at the sustainable management of materials can help...
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Loss of biodiversity comes at a cost
Today, 8 September, Flemish Minister for the Environment, Nature And Culture, Joke Schauvliege inaugurated the European conference on biodiversity in a changing world. As chair of the European...
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New York is stop-over for Cancún
The 17 most important economies will meet up in New York on 20 and 21 September to prepare the Cancún (Mexico) Climate Summit. Flemish minister Joke Schauvliege, as President of the Environment...
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Revolution for audiovisual archives thanks to digitisation
The digitisation of our society is completely changing the way that the archives of our audiovisual and film heritage are going to have to function. That was made clear at the conference "Audiovisual...
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Week of the Forest closes with record attendance in Sonian Forest
The 32nd Week of the Forest was concluded festively in the Sonian Forest in the presence of Flemish Minister for Environment and Nature Joke Schauvliege. For the first time in the history of Week of...
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COP 10 aims for a new biodiversity strategy
The 10th COP on Biodiversity is in progress in Nagoya (Japan). The aim of this summit is to develop a new strategy to halt the decline of biodiversity. For over a week now, hundreds of negotiators...
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COP 10 on Biodiversity: Nagoya agreement bridges the gap between nature and...
"After the disappointment of Copenhagen, a multilateral agreement was urgently needed for the sake of the environment worldwide. In this sense, the agreement that we have reached today at the...
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"Environmental Impact Assessment must be more tailor-made"
The European environmental impact guideline project has been mapping out the environmental effects of major projects for 25 years. In the meantime, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) has become...
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Schauvliege: “Each step in the right direction is a step ahead”
Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture Joke Schauvliege will soon be departing to Cancún (Mexico) for the annual UN Summit on Climate Change. As chairwoman of the European Environment...
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Kick-off of the first stage of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Tour of...
This Friday 3 December, Fadila Laanan, Minister for Culture, the Audiovisual Sector, Health and Equal Opportunities of the French-speaking Community of Belgium, Chair of the “Culture and Audiovisual”...
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Cautious optimism after first week UN climate summit
The 16th UN summit on climate change began on Monday 29 November in Cancún (Mexico). After a week’s negotiations, the tone is cautiously positive. All countries want to avoid a confrontation and reach...
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“New step in the right direction”
Joke Schauvliege – the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, who represented the European Union and the 27 Member States as chair of the European Environment Council at the COP-16 on...
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Last formal Environment Council gives green light to Belgian priorities
The last formal European Environment Council in Brussels has completed a very busy agenda today under the presidency of Joke Schauvliege, the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture. “All...
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Flanders and the Belgian EU-presidency: the results
At the end of the Belgian EU-presidency, it is clear that Flanders has been able to attain results and that the final assessment is largely positive. This is demonstrated by the successes achieved in...
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