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By 2025, all European Union (EU) Member States will have the opportunity to transition to SIMSTAT (SIngle Market STATistics) in the compilation of foreign trade statistics. This reduces the administrative burden of respondents, as only the questionnaire on the dispatches of goods will be used to collect data for producing statistics on EU Member States. The data on the arrivals of goods will be obtained from the dispatches data of other Member States. As a result of the transition to SIMSTAT, the Intrastat questionnaire will be updated at the beginning of 2022. What will change in the

The focus of the global goal “Life on Land” is sustainable use and efficient protection of terrestrial ecosystems and the species living there. Protected and conserved ecosystems and biodiversity help to reduce human pressure on the environment and mitigate natural disasters. Ecosystems that are healthy and have integrity maintain resilience to the impacts of climate change and benefit the populations depending on these ecosystems. The 2030 Agenda emphasises the need to implement first the prior global agreements (Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol, etc.). It is important

What might happen to Estonia's population in the next few decade and what will be the percentage of children, young people, working- and retirement-aged people in the population? Population projections show how the composition of the population is likely to change in a certain time span. When preparing population projections, current trends in births, deaths and migration are extended to the future. However, many variables need to be taken into account, such as the number of children and the age of mothers, mortality in different age groups, the age distribution of the migrating population and