Selling hake which did not yet reach 20 cm in length for human consumption is prohibited in the EU under Common Fisheries Policy. But... 🌎

Hoy vamos con un repor con mucho curro detrás. Hace unas semanas estuve de viaje con gente de @oceana.bsky.social por puertos de España e Italia. Querían ver la situación de la merluza en el Mediterráneo, pues es el pescado más sobreexplotado de este mar. Lo contamos en este especial. Sigue

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Please join us on April 29th if you are interested in environmental investigations and environmental litigation! 🌍

🌎 Are you working on cross-border investigations? Freelance investigative journalists and media outlets alike can apply to Journalismfund's Environmental investigative journalism grant programme. Priority is given to proposals on underreported issues. 👉 More info: bit.ly/3CbeZU6

17/04 in Milan: Alessandra Tranquillo, Michele Bertelli e Federica Bonalumi parleranno delle #Alpi: la crisi climatica che scioglie la neve e svuota i ghiacciai, vs un modello turistico che continua a investire in neve artificiale e grandi eventi, e che non è mai stato così redditizio.
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La corsa alle terre per le rinnovabili. Le strategie di Enel in Brasile Enel Green Power è diventata una delle più grandi aziende di rinnovabili in Brasile. Tuttavia, ha raggiunto questa posizione in parte appoggiandosi a società locali, accusate in diversi casi di land g...

in Italian on @irpimedia.eu: irpimedia.irpi.eu/enel-brasile... (thanks to Michele Luppy and Federico Marsi from PlaceMarks for the visuals)

Home | Intercept Brasil Responsabilizamos os poderosos com um jornalismo investigativo destemido

you can find the articles in Portuguese for @theintercept.com www.intercept.com.br

The most important message for today, this week, this month, this spring, all of 2025:
Do. Not. Despair.

🤔 Planning a cross-border environmental investigation? 📅Apply for the Environmental Investigative Journalism grant by April 3, 2025! 💰 Details here: t.ly/rQgyr #GrantAlert #EnvironmentalJournalism #InvestigativeJournalism #DataJournalism

These Gaza scientists are keeping research alive amid war, destruction and uncertainty Researchers in Gaza tell Nature of ‘unwavering commitment to education and knowledge’ as most universities lie damaged or destroyed.

Heartbreaking and inspiring.

Olive and almond trees in Southern Europe are suffering from rapid drying which causes serious environmental damage and economic losses. Can ill trees be cured or must they be cut? Scientists and farmers seem to be divided in their opinions: t.ly/WnWaY
@lamarea.com @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social

The Forever Pollution Project - Tracking PFAS across Europe The Forever Pollution Project showed that nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemicals” PFAS.

PFAS are called "the worst pollution crisis of all time". The EU wants to severely restrict them. But the chemical industry is fighting the biggest fight it ever fought. We investigated with 50 journalists & looked at thousands of docs, filed almost 200 FOIA requests, talked to dozens of experts.

The #ForeverLobbying Project exposes the real cost of #PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
46 journalists teamed up with 18 experts to investigate the worst pollution crisis humanity has ever faced, caused by the “poison of the century”.
foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

The Forever Lobbying Project The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.

ICYM this staggering effort by the Forever Lobbying Project. A truly stunning effort 👏 foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

#PFAS, or forever chemicals, are widespread.

Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.

Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...

"The highest concentration of microplastics found in Scotland is now nearly two and a half times higher than the largest sample taken previously in 2016, also from the Solway Firth.
Large concentrations of microplastics in sea were also found at a location off the south of Tiree" t.co/pctfyCq3pK 🌎 🌊

FACTA.EU - Focus on: SWAMPOWER

🌎 🌾🦩 If you are interested in the topic of European #wetlands, check out this very informative and beautifully laid out piece about wetlands in Italy: it combines investigative methods, on-the-ground reporting, scientific data, use of remote sensing and AI-based satellite image analysis t.ly/AuJOm

La mala gestión y el abandono ponen en peligro el papel de los bosques europeos como sumideros de carbono Absorber carbono es una de las funciones más esenciales de un bosque. En los últimos 20 años, algunas zonas europeas no pueden cumplir esta función.

🌍 🌲🌳 Los #bosques de #Europa absorben mucho dióxido de carbono, pero una gestión deficiente está poniendo en peligro su papel vital. #cambioclimático voxeurop.eu/es/gestion-b...

Ban medical research with links to the #fossilfuels industry, say experts bmjgroup.com/ban-medical-...

Impact: Court Case In Namibia Opened Following An Investigation | Journalismfund Europe A court case in Namibia is opened as an outcome of a 2019 investigation published by Oxpeckers and supported by Journalismfund Europe Money Trail grant programme and the OCCRP.

🚨 A court case in Namibia is coming up as an outcome of a 2019 investigation published by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social and supported by Journalismfund Europe Money Trail grant programme and the @occrp.bsky.social. Read more here: t.ly/ZonVY

Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine in 2023 became a disaster the consequences of which extended beyond human suffering. Experts expect ecological devastation for years to come. An interactive tool to investigate this issue t.ly/U5sc9 was developed under our #EarthInvestigations grant programme

Great to follow: people with interest in journalism, communication in science, climate and environment bsky.app/starter-pack...

🌍 "When we entered the European Union, we were told that traditional fishing would be protected, but they have destroyed it", say members of Malta's fishermen's cooperative. Use of industrial vessels which have been favoured by the EU policies leads to overfishing,as opposed to artisanal practices 🐟

Ukraine Rewilding: Will Nature Be Allowed to Revive When War Ends? Amid the war’s destruction, Ukrainian scientists are seeing signs of an ecological recovery. When the conflict ends, they say, the nation should not rebuild its massive Soviet-era infrastructure and…

Ukrainian president Zelensky called the destruction of the Kakhovka dam the “largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades.”

But the bed of the former reservoir is rapidly rewilding, with extensive thickets of native willow trees growing.
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Decolonizing Conservation Reading List (Version 2.0) I’ve decided to migrate the Reading List to a new platform, and I will no longer be updating the original google document (although I will keep the previous version publicly available online)…

📚 Are you working in biodiversity conservation? This reading list is a starting point for non-Indigenous & settler folks to learn about colonial roots in conservation and why supporting Indigenous leadership is essential. Explore topics & resources to dive in: bit.ly/decolonizing... 🧪🦑🌍🦤

🦋🧐 🌍 Trade in rare species in Europe: How does it happen, and what needs to change to prevent it?

Acque termali dei Colli Euganei, da risorsa a rischio per la biodiversità? Anche grazie alla sua risorsa più preziosa, quella idrica, il territorio euganeo oggi è Riserva MAB UNESCO. Ma proprio l'uso dell'acqua termale, tra sfruttamento per l'industria turistica e nuovi usi ...

This natural reserve in Euganean Hills is now part of MAB UNESCO programme, but it seems it's just the beginning of managing and protecting this special zone with hyperthermal waters and its biodiversity. Read more (in Italian) following the link 🌍 #Italy #watermanagement

In Albania, Keeping Big Cats Is the Latest Fad for Organized Crime As gangsters and influencers in the Balkans flaunt lion cubs on social media, vets and activists fear this illicit trade is expanding

Posh cars, model-looking women, and now also wild cats — what better ways for rich criminals to show their worth and status? A cross-border team of investigative journalists is looking at the growing illegal wild life trend in the #Balkans 🌍 🦁 Do you know of lions held as pets in other countries?