Swiss hunting law puts species protection at risk
On September 27th 2019, the Swiss Parliament passed a revised Hunting Law. The law, which will place the fate of
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Policy and Legislation
US Senate passes Great American Outdoors Act
The United States Senate has passed a new act of legislation to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water
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Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves
NOAH, an animal rights organisation from Norway, has informed us that the Norwegian parliament has passed legislation, which allows lethal
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EU Court of Justice: protect wolves outside their natural habitat
What happens when a strictly protected animal leaves its natural habitat and strays into human settlement? It is a question
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Austrian politician insults WWF activist
On 4th June, WWF Austria organized an official handover of a petition with 22 800 signatures against a hydropower plant in
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Rethinking 30 years of Dutch nature restoration
It has been 30 years since the Dutch government agreed to actively restore nature and invest large amounts of money
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Ambitious EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
Yesterday, 20th May, the EU published a document titled ‘Communication: EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into
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A victory for Bulgarian Pirin National Park on court
After a 3 years long court saga, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court ruled against the plans to allow construction in
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New laws in Germany and Switzerland compromise wildlife protection
Within the last 20 years, wolves returned to Germany from Poland after total extinction. Now, there are hundreds of wolves
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Wolves and other Austrian wildlife under pressure
Since 7th January, Austria is ruled by a coalition of the conservative ÖVP and the Green party. The Green party
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European countries take actions against nitrogen pollution
Nitrogen pollution is one of the most universal environmental issues in Europe. While carbon emissions get more attention because of
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“Emergency” wolf and bear cull to continue in Slovenia?
The Slovenian Comission of the National Council for farming has passed a law to cull 30 wolves and 220 bears.
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Wilderness needs size
Wilderness in Europe is interpreted as an area governed by natural processes. And natural processes need space to freely take
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UN publishes a draft plan to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity have published the first draft of the Framework of 2030 targets to reduce biodiversity
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Historic European Green Deal launches
On December 11th, the European Commission released its plan to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050 –
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2019 – a year characterized by climate emergency
The Oxford English Dictionary has just awarded its word of the year: climate emergency. The rise of this term has
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Sweden proposed constitutional change to protect nature
It would be the first of its kind in Europe, a constitutional amendment that protects nature from humans. This is
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EU fails to meet 2020 targets against biodiversity loss
Next year will mark the end of the current EU Biodiversity Strategy. A decade-long strategy that had set optimistic goals
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How we contaminate Europe’s marine environment
According to a new European Environment Agency report, between 75 and 96 % of the assessed area of Europe’s regional
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Transboundary impact of Svydovets
The Espoo Convention has opened a case file to investigate whether Ukraine complies with international obligations on environmental protection. One
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