#Act4 AnimalsEU July 9 is European Fish Dependence Day, the moment when the E.U. has used up all its own seafood resources and must rely entirely on imports for the rest of the year to meet demand. The EU has already exhausted its domestic fish stocks and is now wholly reliant on imports to meet demand 9 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Four years into the Sustainable Development Goals, progress has been made in some areas, but monumental challenges remain Climate change threatens progress in sustainable development, warns new UN report 9 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Fish make up 16% of animal protein consumed globally, and demand is set to rise, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, largely thanks to rising disposable incomes. Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development 8 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Growing tensions in trade relations between the superpowers, coupled with protectionism, meaning the protection of domestic production from foreign competition, also represent a challenge to the European economy. Finland wants to strengthen the provision on sustainable development in trade agreements 8 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Less than a week after the announcement of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), on June 28, the dispute is gaining momentum. Why the Mercosur agreement is so criticized 4 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The trade deal recently reached between the EU and Mercosur countries is devastating for European farmers and exposes the bloc’s double standards, Pekka Pesonen, Secretary-General of the EU farmers and cooperatives’ association (Copa-Cogeca), told EURACTIV.com in an interview. EU farmers boss: ‘Devastating’ Mercosur trade pact exposes Europe’s double standards 2 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU If you eat meat, you probably buy products made by one Brazilian company. The Brazilian butchers who took over the world 2 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The day after Joesley Day, the Brazilian stock market plunged nearly 9% in its worst collapse in nine years. The Brazilian butchers who took over the world 2 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Japanese fishermen have set sail to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades after Tokyo’s controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission. Japan resumes commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years 1 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Plans to expand Scotland’s salmon industry could be under threat as new figures reveal two-thirds more wild fish would need to be harvested from the world’s already depleted fisheries to realise the Scottish Government’s ambitions. Salmon farming expansion target is a threat to global fish stocks 29 June 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Two Indian citizens were arrested due to smuggling attempt into the country on a flight from Guangzhou, China with thirty-two small boxes packed with 5,225 red-eared slider turtles. Trafficking ring involving thousands of turtles uncovered in Florida 26 June 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Analysis of satellite signals in the world’s most overfished sea reveals over 28 thousand hours of apparent fishing inside protected areas throughout 2018 Oceana denounces potential cases of illegal, unreported and poorly regulated fishing in the Mediterranean 15 June 2019