🚌 Ready to roll! Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message @ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus! #HandsOffNature
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"Dog ate my homework": @ec.europa.eu loses face over #EUDR 'IT problems' 😱 A massive embarrassment for @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu! Shows lack of political will, caving into #deregulation pressure & stranding corporate investments www.wwf.eu?19285941/The... #Together4Forests #HandsOffNature
🚨 We’re losing 1 tree every second. Forever. Just because of EU consumption. 🌳But the EU Deforestation Regulation, which is set to apply in less than 100 days, can stop this destruction. ✊Join us! Stand #Together4Forests! 🌳Find out more: together4forests.eu/trees
We're losing 1 tree every second
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🚨 Only 2 days left to tell decision-makers: #HandsOffNature. Join over 150,000 citizens defending EU nature laws! If you are against the weakening of EU nature laws, now is the moment to speak up. Your voice matters. Use it now 👉 handsoffnature.eu#take-action
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
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👀We have eyes on the next EU budget, but the EU budget no longer has eyes for nature. ❌35% environment target risks leaving nature behind ❌LIFE programme chopped up ❓Yes to phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies, but with a caveat 👀 tinyurl.com/WWFMFF2 🧵👇
🌞 From rooftops to rural land, with thoughtful planning, there is plenty of room for clean energy while protecting biodiversity. It's time to make smart use of the space we have and power a future that works for both people and the planet. #EuropeanSolarDay #SolarFacts
🎉 One year ago today, EU countries made history by adopting the Nature Restoration Law – a hard-fought win for Europe's people & nature 💚 Since then, the momentum hasn’t stopped. The fight to #RestoreNature continues – now it’s about turning words into action! www.restorenature.eu/en/our-work-...
❌ “Downgrading wolf protection is a political move disguised as policy - it ignores science, fuels division, and jeopardises one of Europe’s greatest conservation successes," says our NGO coalition. Read our reaction to downlisting wolves: www.wwf.eu?18127416/Eur...
Europe turns its back on the wolf and on science
Environmental groups condemn EU Parliament’s approval to downgrade wolf protection as an attack on nature
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🛑 Today, EU Parliament voted for weaker wolf protection - and this is just the start 🐺 Conservative and far-right parties have flagged their intention to revise Europe’s nature laws. The attack on nature is far from over. Today it’s wolves. Tomorrow - what else? #HandsOffNature
This week, the EU Parliament is voting to downgrade the protection status of wolves, despite a clear lack of scientific evidence. To do so, it has to open up the Habitats Directive, a 30-year-old law that protects our nature. ✊ We can't let this happen. Keep your #HandsOffNature.
Thomas Freisinger of @euronatur.bsky.social states regarding biodiversity funding: nature markets might have the function to hide the fact that the future outlook for biodiversity is very negative. #MFF @sabienleemans.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
Commission's nature credit push faces economic and political hurdles - Euractiv
Finance experts say there is currently “no demand” for biodiversity credits.
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👇 🤩 What happens when we give nature a helping hand and restore it? See for yourself below! 👀 This is just a sneak peek of what could be possible with robust implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law! We call on EU countries to make this a reality and #RestoreNature on a large scale 🌍
💅✨ Wetland glow up anyone? Once a thriving natural marsh, the Gârla Mare wetland had turned into a dry land, vulnerable to further degradation. But nature restoration changed everything! 💦 The Nature Restoration Law is our chance for more success stories like this! 🙌 wwfcee.org/partnerships...
With @ec.europa.eu amending the Habitats Directive I have a déjà vue: In 2015 with #NatureAlert we defended EU's Nature Directives. Lawmakers must not mess up cornerstone legislation when even more #RestoreNature action is needed! PS: T-Shirt @nabu.de intended as gift for @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu!
🐺 EU moves to weaken wolf protection, NGOs warn of wider threats to nature 🍃 After 18 months campaigning, @ec.europa.eu now seeks to open up Europe's oldest environmental law to downgrade wolf protection. This move sets a bad precedent of political games trumping science and public opinion.
🚨 EU sets to weaken wolf protection! 🐺 Today the EU Commission proposed a direct amendment of the wolf protection status under the Habitats Directive, drawing wide criticism from environmental organisations. Our press release: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/03... #Savethewolf #RestoreNature
Brussels opens up Habitats Directive to make wolf status change official
Brussels opens up Habitats Directive to make wolf status change official
Opening up the legislation that protects more species and habitats may have wider implications.
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The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited draft law downgrading the protection status of wolves, which would make it easier for farmers in the European Union to shoot animals that menace their livestock.
Farmers closer to shooting more wolves under proposed EU law
Law championed by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would lower the protection status of Europe’s wolves.
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🐺 The EU's controversial push against the wolf continues! Today, the European Commission proposed a direct amendment of wolf protection under the Habitats Directive. WWF firmly opposes lowering the wolf’s strict protection status. Our full reaction: www.wwf.eu?17452916/EU-...
🚨 The Bern Convention just downgraded wolf protections after an EU-led push—ignoring science and civil society. This reckless move sets a dangerous precedence of undermining decades of conservation work for political gain. 🌍 Leaders need to remember: Nature is not a political pawn.
🐺 Today, the Bern Convention's decision to weaken #wolf protection officially enters into force. Wolves in Europe are still far from a favourable conservation status: this move threatens their fragile recovery instead of promoting true coexistence and listening to science. #SavetheWolf
🐺 Despite the lack of scientific arguments, the Bern Convention’s decision to downlist wolves enters into force today. “Wolves keep our ecosystems in balance & downgrading their protection could quickly backfire," says @sabienleemans.bsky.social Full reaction: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
As #COP16 UN talks in Rome have concluded with a hard-fought resolution on biodiversity finance, it's a reminder for the EU to budget to #RestoreNature! That's why we have been calling for a dedicated Nature Restoration Fund 🌳 💸 Read more: www.wwf.eu/wwf_news/pub...
Our 1st Biodiversity Science-Policy 'starter pack' is now full (150 accounts). Access at: go.bsky.app/LjV86zg There's a 2nd starter pack already filling up: go.bsky.app/GzM8eok NB: these are mainly IPBES authors & stakeholders regularly engaged with IPBES work. Please follow & share widely! 🌍🧪
Good work from the @esabcc.bsky.social, publishing their much awaited recommendations on how to scale-up #CarbonDioxide removals. An impressive and comprehensive report. Here are our highlights 🧵
🚨BREAKING EU Vision for Agriculture presents blurred roadmap for transformation 🌱👨🏽🌾 Despite a few positive elements, @christophehansen.bsky.social takes only timid steps towards creating a more sustainable food system, failing to address critical issues! Our reaction ➡ epo.panda.org?17110441/EU-...
Excellent OpEd from @arielbrunner.bsky.social, Niklas Oppenrieder (Physicians Association for Nutrition) & Silvia Schmidt @organicseurope.bsky.social on food, farming & our future. Agree 100% that an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods is sorely needed! www.birdlife.org/news/2025/02...
Opinion: Food, farming and our future – why Europe must lead the way
Opinion: Food, farming and our future – why Europe must lead the way
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Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help expand native woodlands, says study - Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study
Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2
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👏 Exciting news! 🐸 Our Climate and Nature Bill campaign film ‘Toadwatch: What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?’ has been announced as a 2025 finalist in the Smiley Charity Film Awards! 👉 smileycharityfilmawards.com/finalists 🎥 Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlM... #CANBill
Excellent journalism by @politico dismantling the witch hunt orchestrated by right wing MEPs who falsly claim the European Commission pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal www.politico.eu/article/fact...
Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?
Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.
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