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Agricultural policy needs to secure stronger environmental improvements for water in Europe

News Published 25 Feb 2021 Last modified 09 Feb 2023

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Photo: © Perry Wunderlich, REDISCOVER Nature /EEA

Reducing pressures from agriculture is key to improving the status of Europe’s rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal waters and seas as well as groundwater bodies. A European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment, published today, shows that wider uptake of sustainable agricultural management practices is needed for improving the state of water, as well as biodiversity.