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Are EU MEPs Ready to Boost Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies?

When the European Commission announced the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, exactly one year ago, we estimated that they could be potential game changers for EU nature, food and farming policies. In the next few weeks, EU lawmakers have … Continue reading

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Stop Fake Green EU Finance Rules

WWF EU: “130 NGOs and experts are sounding the alarm on the EU’s green finance rules, the ‘Taxonomy’, and calling for them to be rooted in science. In a detailed joint statement, the groups flag and analyse ten priority areas … Continue reading

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Harvesting Moss and Top Peat Layer Destroys Open Peatlands in Finland

In Finland it is allowed to peel off the vegetation and the surface layer of peat from peatlands without an environmental permit. It is not even required to inform the authorities of this activity. Peat industry claims that this is … Continue reading

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EU Needs Human & Nature Friendly Farming

What WWF will be looking out for in the EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies: “On 20 May, the European Commission will publish the 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy. These two strategies are key … Continue reading

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It’s the Anthropocene Baby!

Many scientists think we are now living a new epoch, the Anthropocene. It is defined to be the Earth’s most recent geologic time period as being human-influenced, or anthropogenic, based on overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and … Continue reading

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