Environmental and conservation news: Europe
07 Oct 2008
Italy in flagrant flouting of tuna rules
Italy’s widespread disregard of fisheries management rules for Mediterranean bluefin tuna has been confirmed by a new WWF report – Lifting the lid on Italy’s bluefin tuna fishery – surveying Italian catches, markets and transfers to fish farms.
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07 Oct 2008
Italy in flagrant flouting of tuna rules
Rome, Italy - Italy’s widespread disregard of fisheries management rules for Mediterranean bluefin tuna has been confirmed by a new WWF report – Lifting the lid on Italy’s bluefin tuna fishery – surveying Italian catches, markets and transfers to fish farms.
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06 Oct 2008
More Mammals Seeing Red
Marine mammals, such as the Narwhal and Irawaddy dolphin, and land mammals, such as tree kangaroos were confirmed to be closer to extinction by IUCN’s updated Red List of Threatened Species.
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06 Oct 2008
connect2earth Prize Awarded
Sofia Mateus, a 29-year-old Swiss/Portuguese, is the grand prize winner of an international youth competition running on connect2earth, the green on-line community where young people can have their say about the environment by uploading videos, pictures and comments.
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06 Oct 2008
Destruction of Bulgarian parks continues
Despite growing public concern, destruction of Bulgarian protected areas is continuing and even accelerating. New projects are planned or ongoing in a number of the country's most famous national and nature parks and Natura 2000 sites. » Read more
02 Oct 2008
Danube getting cleaner
The Danube and its tributaries are becoming cleaner, but more work is needed -- these are the results of the second Joint Danube Survey that were announced September 11 by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River. » Read more
02 Oct 2008
Massive health benefits from stronger climate policies, shows new study
Health savings of up to 25 billion euros could be achieved every year in Europe if the European Union immediately opted for stronger climate policies, says a new study published by health and environment NGOs. » Read more
01 Oct 2008
EU ministers fishing in the dark
A plan to reform the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) by fiddling with catch quotas are not enough in the face of failing fisheries, WWF-France said yesterday.
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01 Oct 2008
Stronger European climate action could have €25 billion health benefit
Health savings of up to 25 billion euros could be achieved every year in Europe if the European Union immediately opted for stronger climate policies, says a new study published by health and environment NGOs. » Read more
26 Sep 2008
Cod takes a battering
There was a significant setback for cod recovery this week following the annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) in Vigo, Spain.
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