Tag: conservation

With 60 days left before the Rio sustainable development conference, MEPs have sent a message to the European Commission to produce “without delay” an ambitious environmental agenda for the decade ahead that avoids past failures.

With warnings that Europe is “too slow and too piecemeal” in developing a sustainable economy, the EU executive has unveiled plans to encourage development of the ‘bio-economy’ through investment and innovation.

As the European Commission prepares to review its freshwater policies, an organisation working with industry and farm groups launched a water stewardship programme yesterday (24 November) aimed at boosting efficiency and protecting Europe’s river basins.

Report warns that business models need to be transformed to avoid significant future losses incurred by environmental degradation.

The WWF has teamed up with the European Commission to launch 'Flying over Natura 2000', an initiative designed to teach Europeans more about the network of protected areas commissioned by the EU.