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COUNCIL OF THE EU GIVES NATURE RESTORATION THE GREEN LIGHT: EU ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS SUPPORT MUCH-NEEDED LAW TO COMBAT CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS CRISES
At the meeting on June 20th, of European environment ministers in Luxembourg, Member States displayed widespread support for the EU Nature Restoration Law currently being negotiated.
MEPs jump huge hurdle in race to restore nature: facts prevail over “fake news” in crucial environment committee vote
A key vote in Strasbourg has kept hopes alive for the livelihoods of millions of workers and the wellbeing of the planet. Voting today [15 June] on the draft Nature Restoration Law, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee voted down, with a rare tied vote, an attempt by...
Centre-right EPP and liberal Renew groups join far right groups in disastrous anti-nature, anti-Green Deal position
Today (24 May), the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has entirely rejected the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) – the first EU law to set legally-binding targets to restore nature and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises.
International fisheries management organizations in the Atlantic are taking steps towards sustainability, but the path is still beginning
In the last two weeks, Sciaena attended the annual meetings of two of the main Regional Fisheries Management Organizations of the Atlantic Ocean. Several positive decisions were taken when it comes to conservation and sustainable management of stocks, including the adoption of a multi-year management procedure for North Atlantic Bluefin tuna....
Ocean Base Camp: an open space for civil society during the UN Ocean Conference
During the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), civil society organisations will have their own dedicated space: Ocean Base Camp. Organised by the Oceano Azul Foundation, Sciaena and Seas at Risk, it will be a space for national and international organisations to network, share their work, think about the solutions needed to protect the...
