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Three major new initiatives have been launched to tackle human rights, wildlife conservation and concessions’ data across the palm oil supply chain. Learn more.

The Council adopted conclusions on the EU action plan for nature, people and the economy. The plan will improve the implementation of the nature directives so that they deliver their full potential. Ministers expressed support for the EU action plan, which aims to address several identified implementation gaps identified through four priority areas and 15 concrete actions. These conclusions signal the EU's strong commitment to protecting species and natural habitats and to making progress towards the EU 2020 goal of halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Learn more.

Eurostat has now launched a new food price monitoring tool visualising the development of agricultural prices, import prices and producer and consumer prices, broken down by product categories and/or country. The tool can show to what extent price increases and decreases are transmitted from one stage of the supply chain to the next, what impact they have and how quickly. The Food Price Monitoring Tool is available here.

The European Parliament on Wednesday (14 June) narrowly endorsed a ban on the use of pesticides on arable land set aside for nature conservation, prompting environmental groups to call for a rethinking of how the bloc’s multi-billion agricultural policy is decided. Learn more.

The priorities of the Ministry of Rural Affairs during the presidency include the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), issues concerning agricultural markets and improvement of the position of agricultural producers in the food supply chain, combating antimicrobial resistance and focusing on agricultural soils. Read more.