Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030. In view of the world post COVID-19, it is essential that EU Member States embrace this Strategy and adopt all necessary measures to ensure the targets are achieved. We…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ European Regional Director, Luc Bas, makes the caseÌý for continued dialogue between foresters and nature conservationists to preserve forest ecosystem services for the benefit of both people and nature.
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Whereas the COVID-19 crisis has an immediate impact on our societies with potential far-reaching consequences, we cannot lose sight of the fundamental planetary emergency caused by nature degradation and climate disruption.
Europe’s nature is in an increasingly poor state and is under continuing pressures. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Member Rewilding Europe calls for nature recovery across Europe’s degraded landscapes to improve connectivity between existing ecosystems and increase the amount of land in good…
This is the second in a series of interviews with Hoverfly Experts involved in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will contribute to guiding decisions and conservation action for these species at the…
Plasticus Mare Balticum is a compilation of five different reports with a common base: The Baltic Sea, the countries which border it, the plastics flowing into it, and the lives which are affected by it.
1. The marine plastic footprint.
2. Microplastic effect on frozen seas.…
Europe’s forests are critical for biodiversity protection and for mitigating and adapting to climate change, while being under increasing pressure from the growing bioeconomy. But how can the many demands on forests be managed while keeping sight of these priorities?…
Ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, scheduled to launch on World Ocean Day, a statement with 108 signatory organisations from around the world delivers world leaders a message: Reach a meaningful agreement to stop harmful subsidies.
Governments have been…
A new Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.
…The Parc national des Ecrins achieved Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List status in June 2019 at the French Nature Congress. Initiated by mountaineers, naturalists and forest workers, the first steps to establish the protected area go back to 1913.