Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers
Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox party Only last year it was hailed as a conservation success story:...
Category : Conservation
Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon
Open-net farms to continue despite numbers of wild fish halving as minister looks for ‘acceptable’ pollution levels Norway’s environment minister has ruled out a ban...
Ministers mount last-ditch attempt to save EU laws on restoring nature
Representatives of 11 countries led by Ireland urge other states to help get legislation on rescuing habitats over the line A last-ditch attempt to try...
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism Authorities in Venice have been accused...
UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief
German’s appointment to head Convention on Biological Diversity follows global failure to meet any targets on protecting ecosystems The next UN biodiversity chief will be...
EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support
Brussels vote was cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote The EU’s nature restoration laws appear to have...
France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners
Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections France’s hunger for frogs’ legs is “destructive to nature”...
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections
Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe due to lack...
Wolf hunting could return to western Europe under EU plan
Commission’s proposal to downgrade animal’s ‘strictly protected’ status not based on scientific evidence, say conservationists Wolves could be hunted again across western Europe after the...
Trafalgar Square Christmas tree must cut its carbon footprint, says Oslo mayor
Anne Lindboe to look at travel plans of Norway’s annual gift to UK but insists tradition will not stop It is a long-cherished Christmas tradition:...
