EU funds should never harm nature, climate or the environment Statement of the Green 10 on the ‘do no significant harm’ principle
November 18, 2021
This statement, written together with the Green 10 and EuroNatur, outlines our main concerns about the application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to EU public funds. The EU intends to expand the application of this principle to a variety of
Bulgarian recovery plan improves after six-month impasse
November 5, 2021
After a six-month delay and three revisions, the EUR 6.6 billion Bulgarian national recovery and resilience plan has finally been submitted to the European Commission. Although this delay postpones its implementation, the plan is markedly improved particularly in terms of biodiversity protection, following dialogue between environmental groups and the authorities. The process shows the key role public participation can play in delivering a green recovery.
Aktuelle EU-Wasserpolitik fischt im Trüben
October 28, 2021
Ob die neue deutsche Regierung die Wasserrahmenrichtlinie wohl ernster nimmt als ihre Vorgängerinnen? Das fordern …
Lithuania – where ‘biodiversity funding’ is cutting down trees
October 22, 2021
The wooded picturesque old town of Trakai in Lithuania is part of the Trakai Historic National Park (Photo: Žygimantas Abromavičius)nListen …
FOTO: RiverWatch u posjeti Janjićima
September 30, 2021
Aktivisti i pravni eksperti iz austrijske organizacije RiverWatch, zajedno s aktivistima regionalnog saveza “Odbranimo r(ij)eke Balkana”, …
‘Either the tracker had dropped, or he was dead’: The curious case of Cachou the bear
July 17, 2021
When Cachou the bear was killed, authorities and conservationists wanted answers – but the case wouldn’t be easy to solve, writes Laura …
When Nature Shows the Way: supporting biodiversity for Europe’s green recovery
July 14, 2021
Biodiversity loss and climate change are the biggest environmental threats we face today. To address such crises, the EU has set in place a series of climate and environmental objectives as part of the European Green Deal. However, in order to achieve
Concern for irrigation, drainage and other water management measures in national recovery and resilience plans
July 14, 2021
The briefing outlines proposals for widespread irrigation and water management measures within six central and eastern European recovery plans and explains why these measures will likely be damaging to biodiversity. These include the development of int
The Life and Suspicious Death of Cachou the Bear
July 8, 2021
Conservationists saw the 6-year-old brown bear as a symbol of hope. Villagers saw him as a menace. Then he turned up dead.
Estonia barely scratches the surface on green recovery
June 30, 2021
Estonia’s recovery and resilience plan was one of the last to be submitted to the European Commission. Yet despite the extra time it took authorities to develop, the plan is based on an incomplete vision of a green recovery which completely ignores the issues of biodiversity and nature protection.
