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...
Category : Conservation
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:...
Baltic Sea faces ‘critical challenges’ on climate and biodiversity, report warns
Audit finds ‘little to no improvement’ in health of sea between 2016 and 2021, as Swedish coastguard battles oil spill The Baltic Sea faces “critical...
Wetlands win reprieve after deal over Andalucian natural space
Protection plan for Doñana national park hailed by environmentalists as ‘step in the right direction’ A controversial plan that would have placed one of Europe’s...
World’s oldest European hedgehog discovered in Denmark
‘Emotional’ posthumous discovery of 16-year-old hedgehog gives conservationists hope for the mammals’ future preservation A 16-year-old European hedgehog called Thorvald has been crowned the oldest...
Lynx facing extinction in France as population drops at most to 150 cats
Urgent action needed as DNA tests show their genetic diversity is so low they could vanish from the country in 30 years Conservationists warn that...
France’s refusal to ban Sunday hunting angers anti-hunt campaigners
Tougher sentences to be imposed for those causing accidents but activists dismiss alcohol ban as ‘laughable’ The French government has angered anti-hunt campaigners after refusing...
Svalbard reindeer thrive as they shift diet towards ‘popsicle-like’ grasses
Increased plant growth due to warmer climate appears to be prompting change in eating habits As the Arctic warms, concern for the plight of Santa’s...
UK plans for ‘sunsetting’ EU laws post-Brexit ‘not fit for purpose’
Independent assessor deeply critical of proposals to discard up to 4,000 pieces of EU-derived legislation The plans for discarding EU-derived laws following Brexit have been...
How border walls are triggering ecological disaster | George Monbiot
Like humanity, wildlife knows no boundaries. Stopping people moving also carves up habitats, driving species to extinction This is the century in which humanitarian and...
