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Humans and animals will tussle over more than half of the land on Earth by 2070, according to a new study. As human populations grow over the next 50 years, people will push further into wildlife habitats. The increasing overlap will be driven by people settling in previously underdeveloped areas rather than climate change causing animals to have to move. Related ‘We cannot continue to shoot this many’: Campaigners hit back at Sweden’s controversial bear huntIf you go down to the woods today: Children warned to stay away from forest following wolf sightingsBy 2070, the overlap between humans a...
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The northern Spanish region of Castilla y León cannot permit the hunting of wolves while they are protected at national level, the EU Court of Justice has found in the second such ruling this month after a similar verdict in Austria. The judgment handed down today means the government of the largest of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, led since 1987 by the conservative Partido Popular (PP), cannot continue to recognise the wolf as fair game for hunters, who were granted a quota of 339 animals in an area north of the Duero river over the period 2019-21. Spain’s left-wing government extended s...
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After the last government became increasingly distracted from delivering for the British people, Labour’s landslide felt inevitable. PM Keir Starmer now promises "action not words", but we must see that focus turn on the environment. It’s no longer about paying lip service — Starmer must do everything in his power to preserve the natural systems on which we all depend. So far, Labour has hit the ground running on the energy transition — lifting the de facto ban on onshore wind, rejecting new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea and, as King Charles III laid out in his speech this week, settin...
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Lake Prespa, whose waters are shared by three Balkan states, North Macedonia, Albania and Greece, is disappearing. To prevent this environmental disaster caused by climate change, non-governmental organisations from the three Balkan nations initiated the Forum for the Development of the Prespa Region. "The non-governmental organisations from the three states want to make an appeal to the institutions and local authorities to speed up efforts regarding institutional connection, concretization of action plans," Ljupco Krstevski, from the North Macedonian NGO Eurothink said. "A lot of research ha...
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Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction - 1,000 more than last year - according to an international conservation organisation. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its latest Red List of Threatened Species on Thursday. It blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion for sending more species to the brink of existence. Now in its 60th year, the list sounds the alarm about animals and plants at risk of extinction, but it also highlights conservation success stories such as...
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‘Down in the Bog — Sporulation’ (‘Sügaval soos — eoste teke’) – the summer show at Tallinn’s Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) – brings together artists, designers and scientists to engage with the peatlands of Estonia and other regions, including northern Norway. Curated by Karolin Tampere, a Norwegian curator with Estonian roots, the show is the second in a three-part international exhibition series on bogs, with the first and third parts taking place in the northern Norwegian city of Tromsø. Among the highlights are the work of Ensayos, an international nomadic feminist research gro...
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After months of uncertainty, the EU’s Nature Restoration Law has finally been approved. The first-of-its-kind regulation aims to restore Europe’s damaged ecosystems and boost biodiversity. “There is no time for a break in protecting our environment,” says Alain Maron, environment minister for the Brussels region. “Today, the Council of the EU is choosing to restore nature in Europe, thereby protecting its biodiversity and the living environment of European citizens.” Here’s everything you need to know about the ruling and how it could help Europe meet its climate goals. What is the Nature Rest...
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The Nature Restoration Law is of great importance to Ghent and Europe’s other major cities. It is now sitting before the European Council after intense negotiations resulted in a version of the law on which all political parties and European institutions could reach a consensus. For the Council to fail at this juncture to legislate on such a pressing issue would be a deep disappointment for cities and a huge blow to the European democratic process. Europe’s national leaders must gain the courage of our local leaders and follow through on the commitments that we have collectively made to nature...
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One in six species in the UK is at risk of extinction, the State of Nature report revealed in 2023. But ahead of the country’s general election in July, are parties doing enough to rectify the situation? To bring nature back into focus, an 82-strong nature conservation coalition plans to take the new government to court. The Wildlife and Countryside Link group has already initiated legal proceedings under the Environment Act. Whichever party takes power after next month’s election must show how they will halt the decline of wildlife by 2030 and meet key targets by 2042 on biodiversity, water q...
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