23/11/22
UN Biodiversity talks: a risk for nature?
While many people have heard about the COP27 climate talks that took place at the beginning of November, anoth …
18/10/22
Europe must slash pesticide use to protect people and planet’s health
While tension is rising amongst EU Member States on new pesticide reduction targets, the new ‘Pesticide Atlas’ …
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10/10/22
ECI ‘Save Bees and Farmers’ gets the Commission’s green-light
1 million European valid signatures to Save Bees and Farmers Last year, we collected 1,161,257 million signatu …
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22/09/22
Rachel Carson Pesticide Action Month
We’re at Peak Pesticide and Silent spring is almost here Rachel Carson gave the world an important warning in …
16/06/22
Nature and human health cannot afford policy delay
A week ahead of the planned publication of the EU Nature Protection Package, and with rumours of a second dela …
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13/05/22
Southern perspectives on EU action against deforestation
In July 2019, the European Commission published a communication to ‘step up EU action to protect and restore t …
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