News Fitness check

It's autumn, free the Nature Directives!

Thu, 01/09/2016

It’s “back to school” for the European Commission after the summer break and one of the

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Europe and Central Asia

European Commission expert study confirms that EU...

Wed, 06/07/2016

On 5 July the European Commission made public its expert study on the EU Nature Directi

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Europe and Central Asia

Being 'Nature Alert' in Amsterdam

Mon, 06/06/2016
Perhaps the most important conference in the fight to save EU nature laws could end up a damp squib. Here's why.
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Europe and Central AsiaNetherlands

New study confirms EU nature laws’ effectiveness

Thu, 19/05/2016
Will it nudge the European Commission to release the results of the 'fitness check' of the Directives and declare them 'fit for purpose'?
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Europe and Central AsiaUnited Kingdom

What's next in BirdLife's campaign to...

Tue, 03/05/2016
From research and a social media onslaught to national events by our Partners, we're doing it all.
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Europe and Central Asia

Do not open nature laws, improve implementation:...

Wed, 10/02/2016
MEPs have come down decisively on the side of the Birds and Habitats Directives in the ongoing battle to protect the EU’s environmental legislation.
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Europe and Central Asia

Big on big things?

Wed, 13/01/2016
In 2015, we set criteria to test the EU’s commitment to sustainable development and addressing the environmental crisis. How did the Commission perform?
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Europe and Central Asia

The European Commission has been alerted. Now for...

Thu, 17/12/2015
...making sure it listens and protects our nature laws.
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Now The Netherlands joins fight to save Europe...

Tue, 08/12/2015
The Netherlands has today joined the ten EU countries who've already publicly stood up for Europe’s key nature laws.
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Europe and Central AsiaNetherlands

How the EU "Fitness Check" can become a...

Wed, 25/11/2015
On behalf of BirdLife Europe and NABU (BirdLife in Germany) we would like to invite you to our workshop on Tuesday 1st December 2015.
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Europe and Central AsiaBelgium

Nature Summit: hundreds gather in Brussels to...

Fri, 20/11/2015
Hundreds gathering in Brussels for event calling on European Commission to protect key nature laws.
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Europe and Central Asia

All you have to do…is listen to the birds

Mon, 08/06/2015
My name is Patricia Zurita, CEO of BirdLife International. I am an economist (a green one), originally from Ecuador and currently living in Cambridge.
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Europe and Central Asia

Traveling through time, with and without, the...

Fri, 05/06/2015
Birds shot from August to May, wolves and goshawks considered vermin and exterminated without a second thought. Insects, frogs and turtles ignored. Just 5% of Europe’s landscape protected… welcome to Europe. Before the Nature Directives.
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Europe and Central Asia

Nature in the crosshair

Thu, 30/10/2014

The Birds and Habitats Directives are the bedrock of nature conservation in the

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Europe and Central Asia