Final Report on the Landscape of the Year 2007–2009 published
Ever since 1989, the Naturefriends International (NFI) has designated border-crossing European regions of outstanding ecological value as Landscapes of the Year, with the objective of helping to boost sustainable development.

After years of nuclear decommissioning, Europe is in danger of being hit by a resurgence of nuclear power utilisation. Using climate problems as a pretext, a number of countries are planning to build new nuclear power stations or to extend the life spans of existing ones.

EEB (European Environmental Bureau) publishes a vision for a new EU biodiversity policy
2010 is a critical year for the EU with a new European Parliament and a new European Commission starting their mandate and tackling a truly global crisis:

The Casamance in southern Senegal is a difficult region: conflicts with separatist insurgents that started in the 1980s have flared up time after time, causing an extensive emigration from the region. Especially young people try their luck leaving for norther Senegal or Europe.

The NFI presidents' conference has designated the karst region in the borderland of northern Hungary and southern Slovakia the „Landscape of the Year 2010/2011 – Slovak Karst – Aggtelek Karst".