The Scientific Report of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission on the EU-wide methodology to map and assess ecosystem condition (https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130782?fbclid=IwAR3dqrifLGv8l3AlSfzONFdYsRnRJVdXR77S2kCb5YlbhIHTKSPbjPIAaDw)  has been published. This is the scientific documentation and implementation of a common methodological approach at pan-European level in order to support applied policies. The authors of the Scientific Report were. Panagiotis Dimopoulos and Ioannis Kokkoris of the research team of the Laboratory of Botany of the Department of Biology, whom we congratulate for their contribution to the promotion and presence of the University and our country in European decision-making on the pan-European approaches required for the proper management of all types of ecosystems.