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In this section you can find all our resources organised by type, topic and sorted chronologically. Click on the kind of resources you’re searching for and browse our latest publications!

Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Official letters
09/03/2023
Climate change GMOs

Key issues for the Environment Council meeting on 16 March 2023 - Letter to Environment Minister

29/05/2019
Organic regulations Seeds

Common letter to the European Commission on the Organic Regulation 2018/848 and the upcoming Delegated Act on "Organic Heterogeneous Materials"

17/12/2015
Seeds

EP Resolution on Patents and Plant Breeders Rights

16/10/2015
Climate change

Vote on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC) on 28 October

16/07/2015
Seeds

Call for an ambitious reform of the EU seed and Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) marketing law

18/06/2015
Climate change

EU LULUCF consultation

05/03/2015
Climate change

How to integrate LULUCF emissions in the next climate and energy package

11/12/2013
Biodiversity Seeds

Parliament must stand up for S&PRM law that favours diversity

31/10/2013
GMOs Seeds

On college debate on 6 November on genetically modified maize

17/06/2013
Climate change

EU biofuels policy comes at an unacceptably high economic, social and environmental cost – time to fix a failed policy

Organic infographics and videos
Reports and studies
10/11/2023
GMOs Seeds

Sustainability in organic breeding. Improving the entire system or adjusting some genes?

Sustainability in organic breeding. Improving the entire system or adjusting some genes? is a briefing providing an overview of the…
01/12/2019
Climate change Food policy Food security

EU Food and Farming Policy, and Food Security

23/09/2019
Climate change Fairness & transparency Soil Water

Organic Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals – Part of the Solution

Institute: EOSTA and Nature & More – Author: Simon de Schaetzen 
08/08/2019
Climate change Soil

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

Institute: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  – Authors: 107 experts from 52 countries 
18/04/2015
Climate change

Feeding the people: Agroecology for nourishing the world and transforming the agri-food system

18/02/2015
Climate change

Impacts on the EU 2030 climate target of including LULUCF in the climate and energy policy framework

Press releases
05/10/2023
Farm to Fork GMOs Knowledge for organic Seeds

Six-fold increase in organic seeds needed in the next ten years in Europe - 2nd European Organic Seed Policy Conference shows pathways to make organic seeds a reality

The Spanish Presidency of the European Union put a spotlight on rural areas and agricultural resilience during a High-level Rural…
18/07/2023
EU Organic Awards EU Organic Day

EU Organic Awards - Get to know this year's finalists

BRUSSELS, 18 JULY 2023 – Today, the finalists for the annual EU organic awards have been announced. 24 are shortlisted…
01/10/2019
Seeds

EU Parliament, national governments and civil society organizations against patents on plants and animals

Handover of 25,000 statements to the European Patent Office. 1 October 2019 is the last day for filing statements at…
16/04/2019
Agroecology Climate change

IFOAM EU welcomes the new IDDRI study on agroecology and carbon neutrality by 2050

27/11/2015
Agroecology Climate change

Earth to Paris: The organic movement calls for an end to high-emitting industrial farming practices

04/08/2015
Climate change

Response to article claiming organic farming has increased carbon emissions

The article published in the mail online on the paper  ‘Does certified organic farming reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production?…
16/06/2015
Climate change

New research shows risk of including land use and forests in EU's emission target

27/11/2013
Seeds

Don’t tow corporate line on seed: MEPs must protect public good

06/05/2013
Seeds

Seed legislation must be fit for agro - biodiversity

26/02/2013
Animal welfare

Further information required on hen density scandal

Position papers
07/12/2023
Animal welfare

IFOAM Organics Europe’s position paper on animal welfare practices and labelling

Explore our latest position paper outlining the status quo of organic farming’s view on animal welfare and current challenges in…
29/05/2019
GMOs Seeds

Plant Reproductive Material in the new Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848

10/12/2015
GMOs Seeds

New Plant Breeding Techniques

 
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