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Last week saw the publication of two important reports.

Read articleHow to make more wildlife come back

Today, the European Parliament voted on the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). Sadly, the Parliament missed the chance to end support for burning forest biomass and to instead redirect misguided subsidies to real renewable energy sources.

Read articlePress Release: EU Parliament misses opportunity to end support for wood burning and crop-based biofuels

BEUC, BirdLife, ECOS, T&E and WWF leave the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. NGOs claim the European Commission has interfered politically in the group, and acted against evidence despite its legal obligation to follow science-based advice.

Read articlePress Release: NGOs walk out of expert Taxonomy group over lack of independence

September is here and it is time to catch up with the EU’s latest nature news.

Read articleA quick policy overview – September 2022
Image of a white mute swan, sitting on a lake looking down at its reflection

A Legacy of Love for Nature

Read articleQueen Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022)

In October, the European Parliament will vote on a report calling for an "EU cormorant management plan". In plain text this means, controlling their population through lethal measures. Here are 5 reasons why this plan is not a good solution.

Read article5 reasons why Cormorants don’t need to be “managed”

We’ve written before about how we should basically stop burning stuff, right? It seems that common sense is only for the birds. It looks like the European Union is on course for another decade of burning biodiversity and carbon stocks, all in the name of renewables. Great! With our planet being on the verge of collapse this is what we were all waiting for.

Read articleEU green taxonomy - burning biodiversity

Through the voices of our local Partners, our series “of clearcuts and birds” tells some of the stories of Finnish, Estonian and Latvian forests and of their incredible biodiversity, as well as the hard consequences of their exploitations, (in)directly driven by the EU’s support for bioenergy.

Read articleOF CLEARCUTS & BIRDS #4
LATVIA

Through the voices of our local Partners, our series “of clearcuts and birds” tells some of the stories of Finnish, Estonian and Latvian forests and of their incredible biodiversity, as well as the hard consequences of their exploitations, (in)directly driven by the EU’s support for bioenergy.

Read articleOF CLEARCUTS & BIRDS #3
ESTONIA

Through the voices of our local Partners, our series “of clearcuts and birds” tells some of the stories of Finnish, Estonian and Latvian forests and of their incredible biodiversity, as well as the hard consequences of their exploitations, (in)directly driven by the EU’s support for bioenergy.

Read articleOF CLEARCUTS & BIRDS #2
FINLAND

Through the voices of our local Partners, our series “of clearcuts and birds” tells some of the stories of Finnish, Estonian and Latvian forests and of their incredible biodiversity, as well as the hard consequences of their exploitations, (in)directly driven by the EU’s support for bioenergy.

Read articleOF CLEARCUTS & BIRDS #1
How bioenergy increases the pressure on forests

We talk to Dr Simon Butler, Professor of Biology at the University of East Anglia, UK, about a pioneering study that analyses how spring bird song has changed over the past 25 years – and why it matters.

Read articleAs nature declines, the sound of Spring is changing
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