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    European Bison, Wisent, Bison bonasus. Bieszczady, Carpathians, Poland / © iStock Photo
    European Bison, Wisent, Bison bonasus. Bieszczady, Carpathians, Poland / © iStock Photo
    Opinion |

    Bring back nature: why we need a strong EU nature restoration law

    Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg Jutta Paulus
    Opinion by Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg & Jutta Paulus
    The abundance and diversity of wildlife in the EU is shrinking at an alarming rate. An EU nature restoration law can help restore nature.
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    Press release |

    European Parliament adopts binding targets to increase carbon sinks

    As lead negotiators on LULUCF, the Greens/EFA managed to get Member States to agree to report on how they take into account the principle to “do no significant harm” when adopting reforms to reverse the current shrinkage of our natural land sinks.
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    European Union
    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash - 13-16 March 2023

    On the agenda for the plenary session: energy performance of buildings (EPBD), land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), adequate minimum income, EU guidelines on Human rights defenders, Iran debate, deaths at sea - a common EU response, ...
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    Greens/EFA
    Tractor on a Field
    Study |

    Weed Management: Alternatives to the Use of Glyphosate

    This report outlines the wide range of non-chemical alternatives to herbicides that are already available and used by organic farmers and those practising integrated weed management . Using glyphosate-based herbicides as a reference, the current analysis presents a wide variety of weed management approaches that achieve highly effective w…
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    © Scanpix Sweden
    Big fishing boat
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA welcome plan to end bottom trawling

    The European Commission presented an action plan to end bottom trawling. In the "Action Plan for the Conservation of Fisheries Resources and Marine Ecosystems", the EU Commission calls for an end to the use of bottom trawling gear in marine protected areas from 2030. The Greens/EFA call on the EU Commission to present a proposal for EU-wi…
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    Greens/EFA
    Illustration Glyphosate
    Publication |

    How pesticides harm our future food production

    Pesticide reduction does not threaten food security - but continuing the ­status quo will! The current use of chemical pesticides, if it continues, will soon jeopardize the safety of our food production. Find out more in our factsheet on pesticides.
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    European Union
    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash - 16-19 January 2023

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Election of a new Vice-President of the Parliament, the terrorist threat posed by far-right extremist networks, the storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions, executions of protesters in Iran, Uber lobbying practices in the EU, food price inflation debate, and Waste Shipment Regulation.
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    Seascape with corals / Unsplash
    Seascape with corals / Unsplash
    Press release |

    Historic results for biodiversity in COP15

    After four years of discussion, more than 190 states finally adopted, Monday, December 19 in Canada, a historic agreement to tackle the gigantic challenge of the collapse of nature.
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    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
    Opinion |

    Net zero pledges and carbon removals - greenwashing the climate disaster

    We need real solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis. Net zero pledges and carbon removals divert attention from real action.
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    Tenerife blue chaffinch Fringilla teydea / Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble / Flickr CC BY 2.0
    Tenerife blue chaffinch Fringilla teydea / Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble / Flickr CC BY 2.0
    Policy Paper |

    Greens/EFA demands for COP15 of the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD)

    The COP15 in Montreal from 7 to 19 December must deliver a New Deal For Nature. Read our demands for the UN's Convention for Biological Diversity here.