BirdLife Community

The on-going conversion of tropical habitats to cropland could jeopardise global efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity

A new report reveals the alarming rate at which tropical habitats are being cleared to make way for crops. The scale of habitat conversion predicted in the biodiversity-rich tropics could seriously undermine society’s capacity to meet internationally-agreed conservation targets.

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European Council set to write blank cheque for harmful agriculture

This week BirdLife Europe, together with its Partners and with other green NGOs in Brussels, joins the campaign 'No blank cheques'. The campaign aims at making one final call for a greening of the Common Agricultural Policy, the CAP - a subsidies programme for farmers that make up a whopping 40% of the entire EU budget.

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