Glossary

European Topic Center.

The ETC/BD is an international consortium working with the European Environment Agency under a framework partnership agreement. The main tasks of the topic centre are:

• Assist the European Environment Agency in its task of reporting on Europe's environment by addressing state and trends of biodiversity in Europe.
• Provide the relevant information to support the implementation of environmental and sustainable development policies in Europe in particular for EU nature and biodiversity policies (DG Environment: Nature and Biodiversity).
• Build capacity for reporting on biodiversity in Europe, mainly through the European Information and Observation Network (Eionet).

bd.eionet.europa.eu/