Eighty-seven per cent of Europeans support new laws to combat global deforestation, poll shows
An overwhelming majority of Europeans want new laws to ensure the food they eat and the products they buy don’t drive global deforestation
Tag: ecosystems-biodiversity
EU momentum building: NGOs call on the EU to close its ivory market
While EU Member State experts are due to meet on 27 March to discuss the future of the EU domestic ivory market, Belgium adds momentum to efforts to ban the trade across the European Union
German trader reported for repeated violations of EU Timber Regulation
Evidence of serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a trader of Myanmar teak was today submitted to German and European enforcement authorities by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Only 10 vaquita remain, may not survive President Obrador’s tenure
Scientists announced today (14 March) that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action
Crime and corruption of Myanmar’s illegal teak trade goes to the heart of Government
For three decades, the multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak has been riddled with crime and high-level corruption, driving conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar.
EU moves to ban microplastics in most products
EU will use powerful chemical laws to stop most microplastics and microbeads being added to various products. The European Chemicals Agency says 10,000-60,000 tonnes of microplastics which are intentionally added to products leak into the environment annually, are impossible to remove and last for thousands of years