The largest annual conference on European environment policy, ‘Green Week’ (4-7 June), is approaching; it will offer opportunities for debate and exchanges of experience on the topic of air quality/pollution with representatives from the European Commission, NGOS, universities and scientific bodies. “Air quality - taking care of the air we breathe” is available to help journalists cover this topic. It highlights two of the sectors that play a key part in contamination – transport and agriculture – and illustrate the risks, as well as some solutions to reduce polluting emissions.
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The European fishing fleet is too large in relation to the resources available and the search for instant profit pushes some fishermen into disregarding the rules and limits set to preserve this very resource. It is up to the Member States to ensure the enforcement of the many regulations however, not all of them have the means and the capacity to guarantee effective controls in their waters, ports and on the markets.