• Assessment of Changes in the Grain-Livestock and Trade of the European Economic Community [1965 – 19 | Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

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• Nature and People in the Andes, East African Mountains, European Alps, and Hindu Kush Himalaya: Current Research and Future Directions

  Published on May 1, 2020
  Mountains are facing growing environmental, social, and economic challenges. Accordingly, effective policies and management approaches are needed to safeguard their inhabitants, their ecosystems, their biodiversity, and the livelihoods they support. ...

• Reaching a socio-ecological tipping point: Overgrazing on the Greek island of Samothraki and the role of European agricultural policies

  Published on July 1, 2018
  Livestock keeping and food production from grasslands play an important role in the Mediterranean region, where grazing has a long tradition and still is a key livelihood strategy. Yet, in many places widespread degradation (caused by overgrazing) se...

• Look out for European crane flies and turf damage in October around Grand Rapids and Detroit

  Published on September 19, 2013
  Watch for European crane fly damage to lawns and golf courses in October and next April and May. To be prepared, here are photos of European crane fly larvae, adults and turf damage.

• Management of Global Warming Effects in the European Water Framework Directive: Consideration of Social-Ecological System Features in the Elbe River Basin District

  Published on August 1, 2021
  In this study, we examined the extent to which global warming management is currently integrated into the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), the central legal framework for water management in the EU. We focused on the Elbe River Basin Distric...

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  Martin Holle joins the IFLR team to teach "Food Laws & Regulations in the European Union"

  Published on August 19, 2020
  Martin Holle brings both a deep understanding of current issues in European food laws, and pedagogical best practices, to IFLR's course on Food Laws & Regs in the E.U.

• Understanding Public Support for European Protected Areas: A Review of the Literature and Proposing a New Approach for Policy Makers

  Published on May 1, 2022
  Protected Areas are the most widely applied policy tool for biodiversity conservation. In Europe, protected areas are expected to significantly increase as the new EU Biodiversity strategy sets an ambitious target of 30% of land and 30% of water to b...

• Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities

  Published on January 1, 2022
  The understanding of urban social-ecological systems requires integrated and interdisciplinary methods. This paper explores differences in the accessibility of urban green spaces (UGS) based on urban morphology. In contrast to other comparative analy...

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  Friends of IFLR to speak at 18th European Food and Feed Law Conference in Brussels

  Published on September 5, 2024
  Martin Holle, instructor for Food Laws & Regulations in the European Union, and guest instructors Francesco Planchenstainer and Sarah Arayess, will all speak in Brussels, October 17-18, 2024. Join them at the conference, online!

• English Daisy

  English Daisy is an escaped ornamental plant that can sometimes be found in lawns and pastures. Prefers heavy, moist, fertile soil and can tolerate mowing heights down to 1 inch.

• Balancing its way out of strong anthropocentrism: integration of ecological minimum standards' in the European Court of Human Rights' fair balance' review

  Published on January 1, 2022
  This article argues that the Strasbourg system of environmental human rights can and ought to transition to the regime of ecological human rights. It proposes that, indepen-dently of the possible recognition of the autonomous right to a healthy envir...

• San Jose scale

  Adult males are minute, winged insects about 1 mm long and golden brown with a reddish tinge. Scales may be either disk-shaped or oval, and are composed of concentric rings of gray-brown wax radiating from a tiny white knob.

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  Michigan State University professor receives honor from European university

  Published on November 2, 2017
  Roger E. Hamlin, Michigan State University professor emeritus, was presented with one of the highest honors that a European university can award an individual.

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  European Commission Sets Maximum Amounts for Certain Antioxidants to Help Prevent Widespread “Tuna Fraud”

  Published on November 14, 2022
  What does the EC's recent rule change regarding additives in tuna have in common with a 1945 case in the US regarding catsup? Neal Fortin discusses the latest news and considers the utility of standards beyond the surface of recipe control.

• Other pests to be on look out for: Pales weevil and European pine sawfly

  Published on April 16, 2010
  

• Sustainability of European winter wheat- and maize-based cropping systems: Economic, environmental and social ex-post assessment of conventional and IPM-based systems

  Published on July 1, 2017
  In order to ensure higher sustainability of winter wheat and maize production in Europe, cropping systems featuring different levels of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) need to be tested in the field and validated for their sustainability before bein...

• Dock sawfly

  The adult is bluish black with red legs. The larva is a smooth velvety green worm with white legs and a dark head.

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  Life cycle assessment of polyethylene packaging and alternatives on the European market

  Published on March 22, 2025
  A collaborative effort among Circular Analytic, ExxonMobil, and Michigan State University School of Packaging on evaluating the potential environmental footprint of polyethylene packaging and alternative materials in the European market.

• Studies On The Phylogenetic Relationships Of The Japanese Native Fowl Breeds 5. The Comparisons Among Native Fowl Breeds In Japan And Its Adjacent Areas And European And American Fowl Breeds

  Published on January 1, 1991
  This work has been done to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among native fowl breeds in Japan and its adjacent areas and European and American exotic fowl breeds. Blood samples were taken from 1102 fowls belonging to 20 native fowl breeds in Japa...

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  Bine and Dine! Monthly Hop webinar series

  Published on March 25, 2020
  Join live for monthly hop growing tips and best management practices.