#Act4 Wildlife The common agricultural policy (CAP) was not effective in reversing the decades-long decline in biodiversity and intensive farming remains a main cause of biodiversity loss, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). Biodiversity on farmland continues to decline despite specific CAP measures 8 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Primatologist calls for overhaul of food habits to prevent a future pandemic. Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19 8 June 2020 CIWF
#Act4 Wildlife The EU’s decade-long policy effort to reverse the biodiversity loss has not come to fruition, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) warned in a report published on Friday (5 June). EU unable to curb biodiversity loss on farmlands, auditors say 8 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife One million out of eight million species globally are threatened with extinction. Find out which and how many species in Europe are endangered or extinct. Find out which and how many species in Europe are endangered or extinct 29 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife An Indigenous poet reflects on how releasing a captive killer whale could mean our own redemption. What happens to them happens to us 25 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Illegal fishing destroys marine habitats and threatens species living at sea. Now, though, the EU’s OCEAN SENTINEL project has developed the world’s first ocean surveillance system that enlists the help of seabirds. World's first seabird ocean surveillance system will fight illegal fishing 11 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Millions of live animals enter the U.S. each year without disease screening — leaving us vulnerable to another outbreak, a former wildlife inspector says. To prevent the next pandemic, it’s the legal wildlife trade we should worry about 7 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife This webinar series aims to help participants to better understand and overcome barriers to investing in nature, and thereby facilitate investment in natural capital and biodiversity-related projects and innovations. European Investment Bank and EU B@B Platform to organise webinar series on financing investment in natural capital 4 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Catholic Concern for Animals points the finger of blame for virus at mankind’s reckless disregard for the natural world - front page article in "Catholic Universe", the most widely read Catholic newspaper in the UK. Virus shows why abuse of nature must stop 22 April 2020 Catholic Concern for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Europe’s nature is in an increasingly poor state and is under continuing pressures. IUCN Member Rewilding Europe calls for nature recovery across Europe’s degraded landscapes to improve connectivity between existing ecosystems and increase the amount of land in good ecological condition. Rewilding Europe calls for large-scale nature recovery across Europe 14 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Warning comes as destruction of nature increasingly seen as key driver of zoonotic diseases Ban wildlife markets to avert pandemics, says UN biodiversity chief 14 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife The archipelago in the Indian Ocean has committed to protecting 400,000 sq km (154,000 sq miles) of marine area, about 30% of its waters. Seychelles extends protection to marine area twice the size of Great Britain 6 April 2020