Downgrading wolf protection is slippery slope for EU nature laws, says animal rights group - Euractiv Opening the Habitats Directive for wolves amendment could break the floodgates. Member states are urged to improve compensation bureaucracy.

The recent proposal of @ec.europa.eu to reduce protection for #wolves under the Habitats Directive could pave the way for a broader erosion of #EU nature legislation.

“What we're concerned about is that there was no clear scientific basis for taking this decision,” says @joswabe.bsky.social

This looks delicious Jo! Happy New Year! 🥳

Wolves face increased risk after Bern Convention protections removed [Advocacy Lab Content] The protective status of Europe's wolves is in danger following last week’s vote by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention. Wildlife advocates argue the vote is a political decision, not based on scientific evidence. The post Wolves face…

Wolves face increased risk after Bern Convention protections removed [Advocacy Lab Content]

Great piece about Slush

Aw, thanks for sharing! 🥰

“I’m looking forward to Eamonn’s running stories when he gets back on his feet” - The Currency One of the Irish tech community’s most respected investors, London-based Eamonn Carey has been in the thoughts of his friends and colleagues lately after he became seriously ill while at the Web Summi...

This article is free to read in The Currency, if you’d like to read all the lovely comments people made about Eamonn Carey and their well wishes for his recovery.

Thanks! Yes, we must.

Worth freezing your assets off: Why Irish founders made the pilgrimage to Slush - The Currency Last week in Finland, snow descended on the capital, and with it came a flurry of start-ups, scale-ups, venture capitalists, angel investors and corporate enterprises, all in town to do business at Sl...

My first post so might as well make it about my favourite European startup and tech conference #Slush.
Lovely to meet some familiar faces while the Irish were in Helsinki for the event.