#Act4 Wildlife The European Union will step up efforts to control wildlife trading and make factory farming more sustainable, given that both issues have played a role in the coronavirus pandemic, the bloc’s environment chief said on Thursday. EU to step up rules on factory farming, wildlife trading amid pandemic 20 April 2020
President-elect Ursula von der Leyen agreed following fruitful discussions with the European Parliament, to make several adjustments concerning the names of portfolios of future Commissioners. Confirmed: Commissioner-designate Virginijus Sinkevičius will be called 'Environment, Oceans and Fisheries' 13 November 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Union will announce 22 new commitments at the 2019 edition of Our Ocean conference, which will take place in Oslo, Norway on 23-24 October 2019, for better governance of the oceans. EU makes 22 new commitments for clean, healthy and safe oceans and launches The Ocean Tracker 22 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Yesterday (25 July), the European Commission issued warnings against four EU countries over violations of EU directives concerning intensive farming practices. Formal warning on the environmental impact of intensive farming practices 26 July 2019 CIWF
#Act4 Wildlife Today, the European Commission decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative entitled ‘Save the bees! Protection of biodiversity and improvement of habitats for insects in Europe'. European Commission registers ‘Save the bees!' European Citizens Initiative 15 May 2019
#Act4 Wildlife An initiative to improve the application of EU policies and rules on the circular economy, nature and biodiversity, air quality, and water quality and management. 2nd Environment Implementation Review (EIR) reveals how EU environmental policies and laws are applied on the ground 5 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This year’s strong topics of the 18th annual congress of the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) were the advances in organs-on-chip replacement technologies and the progresses of national 3Rs centres. Replacement of animal methods at heart of the debate during EUSAAT’s Congress 1 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Eurogroup for Animals welcomes the announcement by Gaël De Rotalier from the European Commission’s DG Environment that the Commission will work on the Action Plan on illegal wildlife trade and that it should be ready by the end of this year. The announcement was made during a conference on “Combating Wildlife Crime” organised by FACE […] The post European Commission confirms new Action Plan on Illegal Wildlife Trade by end-of-the-year appeared first on Eurogroup for Animals. European Commission confirms new Action Plan on Illegal Wildlife Trade by end-of-the-year 15 June 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
