The EU funded NitroPortugal project has developed a unique educational mobile phone app called NitroSmash in order to raise the issue of Nitrogen in the environment.
This is a smasher/arcade game where the main goal is to stop Ammonia and Nitrous Oxide molecules from reaching the atmosphere.
A set of commemorative stamps, inspired by NitroPortugal (an EU funded project), has been produced and launched nationally in Portugal in January 2019.
The Edinburgh Declaration on Reactive Nitrogen. Declaration agrred by participants of the international conference ‘Nitrogen and Global Change’, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 11th to 14th, 2011.
As a key output of the 7th International Nitrogen Conference, delegates agreed upon the Melbourne Declaration on Responsible Nitrogen Management for a Sustainable Future.
Historical trends and levels of nitrogen (N) budgets and emissions to air and water in the European Union and the United States are markedly different. Agro-environmental policy approaches also differ, with emphasis on voluntary or incentive-based schemes in the United States versus a more regulatory approach in the European Union. This paper explores the implications of these differences for attaining long-term policy targets for air and water quality.
Historical trends and levels of nitrogen (N) budgets and emissions to air and water in the European Union and the United States are markedly different. Agro-environmental policy approaches also differ, with emphasis on voluntary or incentive-based schemes in the United States versus a more regulatory approach in the European Union. This paper explores the implications of these differences for attaining long-term policy targets for air and water quality.
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity. The concept is based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth System. This paper revises and updates the framework, based on targeted input from expert research communities and on more general scientific advances over the past 5 years. Two core boundaries have been identified: climate change and biosphere integrity.
