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Latest biodiversity news

New EU guidelines on how to classify old-growth forests and where to plant trees

Nature Restoration Law: Council signals clear opposition to rewetting targets

MEP in charge of pesticide reduction file backs glyphosate phase-out

LEAK: Sweden proposes weakening forest restoration rules

Pesticides: ECJ ruling forbids all emergency authorisations - Commission official

RED: Blocking minority in Council against curbs on primary woody biomass

Latest biodiversity analysis

Blog: Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

‘Global emergency’: What to expect from the UN’s ocean conference

EU nature law back on agenda as UN schedules extra round of biodiversity talks

Briefing: Where do negotiations on a deal to save global biodiversity stand?

Latest biodiversity web picks

Fit for 55 package: Council adopts regulations on effort sharing and land use and forestry sector - EU Council

Malaysia palm oil, rubber farmers file EU petition opposing deforestation law - Reuters

Alliance of Spanish organizations to stop deforestation in the world lauched (Spanish) - Ecologistas en Accion

A new tool maps the state of soil health across Europe - European Commission Joint Research Centre

One Forest Summit: financial institutions must engage in the fight against deforestation - Reclaim Finance

Many companies and finance firms yet to set deforestation policy - report - Reuters (€)

Lead ammunition finally banned from wetlands across the EU - BirdLife

Half the wetlands in Europe lost in past 300 years, researchers calculate - The Guardian

115 US and Canadian NGOs to EU: For how long will you keep destroying our forests for fuel? - Forest Defenders Alliance

Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers – here’s how it should work - The Conversation




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Latest biodiversity Document Watch

Regulation on nature restoration: Agricultural and forestry aspects - Information from the Presidency - EU Council

Eustafor observations on the newly agreed EU deforestation law - Eustafor

Study on the environmental impacts of achieving 25% organic land - IFOAM - Organics Europe

Trade union position on the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 - IndustriAll

Agricultural aspects of the revision of the Industrial Emission Directive - Information from the Presidency - EU Council

The upcoming European Soil Health Law – chances and challenges for an effective soil protection - German Environment Agency (UBA)

An EU strategic framework for working with countries to achieve deforestation-free production - Fern

Soil monitoring in Europe — Indicators and thresholdsfor soil health assessments - European Environment Agency

Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands - UNEP

Next Steps for Protected Areas in Europe - Face - Hunters of Europe

Interviews

Interview: IPCC author on key lessons from the sixth synthesis report

Interview: César Luena on strengthening the Nature Restoration Law

Interview: Saami Council’s Brussels head on the EU dash for Arctic resources

Interview: Municipal waste lobby chief on EU circular economy goals

Interview: Siemens Energy’s Europe chief on the future of green industry

Interview: How can aluminium make the leap to a green future?

Interview: Chemical recycling chief on the future prospects for the industry

Interview: Ciarán Cuffe on ‘misinformation’ around the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Interview: Energy storage lobby chief on securing the green transition

Interview: Head of fertiliser giant on meeting EU green goals

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Intelligence

Legal comment: Why six NGOs are accusing FIFA of greenwashing

NGOs are increasingly going to court to challenge business decisions they consider to be harmful to the climate or the environment. Future EU rules could make that process easier.

Case study: How a project in Italy’s Po Valley sought to create a sustainable food supply chain

Legal comment: Does compensation for closing coal-fired power plants count as state aid?

Case study: How a pioneering marine litter project inspired legislation to tackle plastic pollution

Case study: How an EU-funded project used biodiversity to support drought-prone vineyards

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The nations leading the way in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels

The EU member states that recorded the largest shares of tax revenue from green levies

The member states that met 2020 recycling targets - and those that generated the most packaging waste