A trip to Albania reminded me how important the Birds and Habitats Directives are. Yes our habitats are in poor condition, yes 63% of wild bird species are in danger, but we have habitats we can restore. Without them we have no hope. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Good to see the EU Nature restoration law already being implemented. Onwards! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The era of clownish politics is truly upon us. Agri Ministers ask to make Cormorants huntable to... protect "food security". Beyond commenting. Here's the list of the clueless: Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania

𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲!🦅 After 35 years of tireless conservation efforts, this species is finally coming back from the brink of extinction.

EU Commission's 'Better Regulation' reform institutionalises undemocratic highspeed #deregulation methods 🚨 Instead of halting its methods for producing #Omnibus proposals at speed, the Commission intends to change its rules to enable more of this 😠 New post: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

From today's @politico.eu When EC official was asked by Dutch MPs whether the food omnibus would deliver simplification without weakening safeguards on safety of #Pesticides, he said: “The proof of the pudding will be in the eating". You cannot recognise serious news from satire anymore.

This is big: Dutch Court rules the government cannot keep allowing #BottomTrawling in (so called) Protected Areas, specifically the Dogger Bank, without license or impact assessment. Gives it weeks to comply. It's the same situation in virtually every European country.

The catastrophic impact of intensive #livestock farming. Rather than promoting a change, EU politicians are now debating dismantling environmental law to allow even more pollution, and even more concentration. Just madness. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Have just been on site, with @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social Partners from across Europe, in Albania's Vjosa delta-Narta lagoon "protected" area. It is being devastated as we speak by the construction of an airport and a massive luxury tourism complex promoted by Jared Kushner.

Wow. “Let me put it in somewhat vivid and figurative terms: We need to throw a spanner in the works of this machine in Brussels now, so that it stops.” This is not Trump or Putin. Its German chansler Mertz.

My interview with Spanish news agency after our meeting with State Ecretary for energy. www.infobae.com/espana/agenc...

In Madrid with a delegation of @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social Partners for #WindEurope2026 to which we are official biodiversity partner. Good to see increasing attention to nature from the sector. But will ongoing environmental deregulation mess it all up? Will be posting ovet coming days.

This is the biggest security risk for Europe. Time to treat it that way. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm old enough to remember the days when spring landscape outside the train windows was dominated by the red of poppies. Now it's replaced by the sickly orange of glifosated fields. #biodiversity #farming #pesticides

Beaver-created #wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland. Strengthening #biodiversity in areas where they can build dams.

"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭." The origin story of deregulation 📣 🚜 🔎 New investigation by @natashafoote.bsky.social @euobserver.com shows how #FarmerProtests were hijacked to roll back rules that protect people and nature – all to favour big business. euobserver.com/208082/pitch...

More than 15 years ago we helped save Kenya's precious Dakatcha woodland from being cleared for an Italian biofuels plantation Now ENI is being reported driving poverty & hunger in Kenya for "sustainable" aviation fuel. When will we learn? @transportenvironment.org @birdlifeafrica.bsky.social

We must keep #LIFE alive - good event by MEP @cesarluena.bsky.social et al from S+D Group @europarl.europa.eu on the need to continue (ramp-up?) dedicated #Nature funding in the next #EUBudget (also to implement the #RestoreNature Law I hope)! cc @mariannegros.bsky.social @arielbrunner.bsky.social

Quite impressive impact of #RestoreNature in Scotland Biodiversity loss can be reversed. If we choose to. search.app/r7r1Q

EC issues "reasoned opinion" against Austria in case about conservation measures of #Natura2000. Essentially, it's about faking conservation. Good. Hope ECJ will now issue a strong ruling. Enough paper parks.

Europeans should eat less meat and farms must be taxed for their planet-warming pollution if the bloc is to reach its climate goals, the EU's scientific advisers argue. Their far-reaching recommendations are unlikely to get a warm welcome from farmers.

Europe’s waterways are under threat as the mining lobby pushes for looser environmental protections. New from me for @desmog.com 👇 www.desmog.com/2026/03/10/e...

🔴 NEW 🔴 Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby Industry meetings w/ EU officials tripled ahead of release of EU Commission strategy doc pledging to 'review and revise' the Water Framework Directive 📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social w/ @euobserver.com www.desmog.com/2026/03/10/e...

European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change calls for scrapping harmful CAP subsidies, a caron price in farming, and recycling the money back into helping farmers adapt and increase resilience. No brainer, but don't expect any short term action. The farm lobby wants the disaster.

🙅 Tell your decision makers: #HandsOffNature! Delaying the EU Deforestation Regulation = 50 million trees lost per year Enforcing it = 17 million tonnes of CO₂ less + benefits for our health & nature. When leaders won’t do the math, your action is essential. 👉 handsoffnature.eu#take-action

The CAP has now been pretty much handed over to national governments to use as they please As a brave Bulgarian minister raises again the issue of widespread corruption, it's worth noting that in BG 2.4% of beneficiaries received 45% of direct payments, while nearly half of recipients get just 3.4%

While the world burns, our politicians adopt an idiotic law that tries to make it burn faster. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

European justice is slow, but it still works. Portugal fined 10 million euro plus running fine for not complying with 2019 judgement on failing to properly designate and protect #Natura2000 sites. Important precedent. Hope PT gov will now do the decent thing and start complying.

The EP’s envi committee just voted to maintain a standalone LIFE asking for €6.4 billion Well done Now the EC should cissue an emended MFF proposal that preserves this crucial tool, both for adressing the biodiversity crisis and to enable local level constructive cooperation between stakehonders

So EU Commissioner Hansen is back drumming up #biofuels as a solution to expensive oil. An idea that failed 20 years ago. Reminder: - we dont have the land -when fossil fuel goes up, against commodities follow -further linking oil and food markets is going to starve the most vumerable.

This week, EU lawmakers will resume discussions on whether to censor how to talk about plant-based food... we’d rather they stop spreading confusion. There’s #NoConfusion. #YesVeggieBurger

Beyond commenting really. Maltese gov reauthorises finch trapping in defiance of the EU law and ECJ judgements. @jessikaroswall.ec.europe.eu needs to take immediate action. birdlifemalta.org/2026/03/bird...

The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers

🙅 People across Europe are demanding a lead-free future. 7 in 10 European citizens support a strong EU ban. Yet the latest draft weakens the restriction by excluding bullets. Lead puts human, wildlife and nature health at risk. Ignoring science and public demand is not leadership. #BanLeadNow

Research from our Biosciences Department and the British Trust for Ornithology shows that hotter European summers are reducing migratory birds’ ability to fuel up for their long journeys. These changes could have serious consequences for bird populations across Europe & Africa. 👉 bit.ly/46eofTf

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” Should be the top story everyday.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Tomorrow is the deadline for EU Member States to publish their Renewable Acceleration Areas.

Current attack on environmental legislation goes much further than stopping the green deal. It tries to reverse 40 years of env lawmaking. It will kill nature and people, harm most European companies & destroy the EU which is based on a common rules based market. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The livestock industry bangs on bout not interfering with people's choices. But from grossly distorted subsidies to anti consumer legislation it keeps rigging the system. To be clear, the vast majority of support does not go to support biodiversity rich grazing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🔴 Ozone pollution costs Europe 775,000 life-years and €80bn a year – yet methane, a main driver, is still ignored! Our new #MethaneMatters study featured in today's @euobserver.com shows why EU action on methane is urgent and essential. 👀 Read more: euobserver.com/202963/ozone...

Not that many good news at the moment so take this one into the WE. DK gov got EC state aid greenlight for a 1bn euro investment in farms buy out for nature restoration. Partbof the deal negotiated with farm unions and NGOs to meet climate and nitrogen targets.

As Meloni and Merz lead the assault against EU laws, polluting industries ditch any pretence of "simplification" and ask for dismantling 40 years of laws protecting nature and humannhealth and safety.

Fancy a meeting in a castle to decide the future of 450 million Europeans? This is what 27 EU leaders are doing today, without you even knowing it 🤷 Find out more in our video & join 170,000+ people who signed the petition to defend nature laws, sign here 👇 handsoffnature.eu#take-action

The Taoiseach is meeting EU leaders today to 'highlight the need to streamline & simplify our regulatory framework'. However, this push for 'simplification' is weakening EU environmental laws, including the EU's water law. 🌊🦦 Sign our petition to say #HandsOffNature ✋ f.mtr.cool/idwqdgltoj

27 EU leaders. In a castle. Deciding which protections to cut for polluter profit 😡 180,000+ people already said: #HandsOffNature ✊ Join us in telling EU leaders that we will not sacrifice our future for corporate profits 👉 www.environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...