WE is the only European network aiming to enhance wildlife with active land management. It has over 430 members covering 2 million ha. WE act for biodiversity
MTK:n johtokunnan jäsen Asko Miettinen ihmettelee, miksei @yministerio n ja @LukeFinland n järjestämän IPCC:n Climate Change and Land – raportin Suomen esittelytilaisuuden paneelikeskusteluun kutsuttu maanomistajien edustajia. https://t.co/XFpPXFwELh @STTuutiset@yleuutiset
"If you want to change the world, start with your neighbours", says dairy farmer Peter de Hoop. That's why we setup clusters in every demonstration site within our project. To save farmland biodiversity local collaboration between all stakeholders is crucial.
♻️Orgulloso de este maravilloso proyecto que une sinergias entre sociedad civil y administraciones públicas. @GarbanceraMad progresa de manera exponencial....en unos días nos harán entrega de la prestigiosa etiqueta europea medioambiental WILDLIFE ESTATES LABEL..#NONS🔝🇪🇸#BRUNETE
Nesselrode Forst received the @Wildlife_EU diploma from K. Kostopoulos (WE CEO), @DCallejaEC (Director General Environment; European Commission) and @TEscaille (Secretary General @EULandownersOrg) on 2019/4/9, at @ForumForAg 2019 Gala Dinner, on behalf of WE International Jury
Not too many people see that low biodiversity is an index and climate change a consequence of the same thing: environmental worsening. Congratulations!
“Protecting our biodiversity is the best foundation on which to lay the road-map for real and lasting leadership in tackling climate change"
Climate recommendations must develop ‘real and lasting strategy’ https://t.co/fciSCP2ZJc
In a ghost town in southeastern Spain, Alfonso Chico de Guzmán is using ancient farming practices to restore the soil on his family’s 1,000- hectare farm. If it works, he’ll hold back the encroaching desert — and maybe even bring his abandoned village of La Junquera back to life.
Maintaining natural capital is vital for the function of Biosphere. A new briefing from the European Environment Agency analyses how to plan for ecosystem restoration, which in turn can enhance biodiversity, support green economy and create job opportunities.
AGRI Members of the European Parliament voted to extend the scope of proposed eco-schemes —environmental programs that would be voluntary for farmers, but award them more cash if they sign on— to animal welfare.
Norway is highly concerned that potential European Union measures against chronic wasting disease — an incurable and fatal brain-degenerating condition in deer and elk — could wipe out whole Sami villages in the north of Norway that depend on the reindeer trade.
A new study reveals that removing invasive mammals from 169 islands would improve survival prospects for 9% of the world’s most highly-threatened vertebrates on islands.
Forty-four landfills in Italy have failed to comply with EU rules designed to prevent or reduce their environmental and health impacts, the European Court of Justice has stated
Luxembourg is building a fence along the Belgian border due to fears about African swine fever spreading from its neighbor. This follows Denmark’s recent decision to construct a fence along its border with Germany, also due to African swine fever concerns
The European Court of Auditors —whose investigators visited 8 member countries— said that the control system for organic food had broadly improved since it last checked in 2012 but there are still shortcomings in the national supervision of compliance and on product traceability
@COPACOGECA says the European Commission should take another look at the protections it provides to large carnivores such as wolves, as part of the EU Nature Directive. The lobby group argues large carnivores have made a comeback and are causing € millions in damages to farmers