Today, NGOs delivered a symbolic Pandora’s Box to Commissioner Costas Kadis. A visual reminder that reopening the #CFP could create regulatory chaos and undermine years of progress for Europe’s fisheries and coastal communities.
#RethinkFisheries #EUbiodiversity
With @oceanaeurope.bsky.social

🌊 Small-scale fishers in the Med warn that fish populations are declining. 🐟
We don’t need a new law, we need to properly implement the rules of the #CommonFisheriesPolicy. ⚖️
#RethinkFisheries #EUFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanPact #CFP #AGRIFISH
seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

The next EU budget: Investing in ocean resilience and thriving coastal communities - Seas At Risk EU ocean and coastal communities currently face multiple challenges, from the loss of marine biodiversity, climate change and pollution to competition for access to resources and limited support for a...

As EU leaders negotiate the upcoming #MFF, the next #EUBudget must stop funding nature’s destruction and start investing in low-impact fishing. #StopHarmfulSubsidies! 🌊
Read more seas-at-risk.org/publications...
#RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanDays #MissionOcean 🐬

The Spanish government invests four times more in destroying nature than in protecting it - Seas At Risk A study by Ecologistas en Acción, a member of Seas At Risk, reveals how subsidies to the primary sector are contributing to the biodiversity crisis. The government had committed to eliminating or refo...

🚨Spain spends 4x more destroying nature than protecting it. €8bn in 2024 went to activities driving #EUBiodiversity loss, vs €2bn for conservation. #StopHarmfulSubsidies!🌍 Find out more → seas-at-risk.org/members-news...
@ecologistasenaccion.org

150+ countries back @ipbes.net: GDP growth is driving #EUbiodiversity collapse. Yet the EU Commission is pushing deregulation in the name of competitiveness.

Ignoring science is self-sabotage.

#HandsOffNature @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

ipbes.net/node/97532
#MPAs #RethinkFisheries

#NorthSeaSummit: cross-border #offshorewind planning moves forward, but nature remains in the backseat. 🌊
Find out more in our analysis 👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#Renewables #EnergyTransition #REPowerEU #MPAs #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity

Explained: Should we stop eating salmon? Salmon is one of the most popular fish eaten in Europe. Yet wild populations have been shrinking, and farmed salmon often comes with problems such as chemicals, sea lice infestations or overcrowding, ...

This @euronews investigation asks a tough question: is #salmon really sustainable?
Don’t miss the comments from @SeasAtRisk fisheries expert Bruno Nicostrate 👇
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2026/0... #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #Seafood #Consumption

📣 Last chance to register!
Join us on 11 Dec in the EP for the unveiling of our vision for Low-Impact & Fair Fisheries. Hosted by MEP Thomas Bajada with fishers, scientists & policymakers.
Registrations open until Monday. 👉https://tinyurl.com/53m26xze #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanAct

📣 Join this #event for the launch of the Low Impact & Fair Fisheries Vision.
🗓️11 Dec
🚩European Parliament (&online)
Hosted by MEP @thomasbajada, with fishers, scientists & policy makers.
👉Register now! #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity tinyurl.com/53m26xze

📢 We welcome the European Commission’s newly released guidelines on the allocation of EU fishing quotas as a chance to support low-impact fishers and protect the ocean!
#RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #EUBiodiversity 👉https://tinyurl.com/ycjxtr29

Only 4 days left! ⏳ Do you work to protect and restore Europe's biodiversity sites? Take our 10-minute survey and help shape BMD’s Single Access Point. 🌿
👉 Take the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Natura2000 #EUBiodiversity #NatureRestoration

Thanks to the European Commission funding, 132 new #LIFEProjects are underway with over €358 million to:

🐟 Safeguard #EUBiodiversity
♻️ Advance the #CircularEconomy
⛈️ Fight #ClimateChange
⚡ Accelerate the #EnergyTransition

Meet the projects here: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
#ActOnClimate #COP30

LIFE is acting now #ForOurPlanet 🌍
132 new #LIFEProjects are underway with over €358 million to:
Safeguard #EUBiodiversity
Advance the #CircularEconomy
Fight #ClimateChange
Accelerate the #EnergyTransition
These initiatives help to avoid the worst of #ClimateEmergency
link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR

132 new #LIFEProjects #ForOurPlanet 🌍

The @ec.europa.eu is investing over €358 million to:

🐟Protect #EUBiodiversity
⛈️Take action on #ClimateChange
♻️Support a #CircularEconomy
⚡Boost #EnergyTransition

🔗 link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR

#EULife24

Priodiversity LIFE

Luontokato Suomessa on mahdollista pysäyttää. Meillä on ratkaisut, tietoa ja osaamista. Ainoastaan rahaa puuttuu.

Työhön tarvitaan kaikkia. Kutsumme mukaan kynnelle kykenevät yritykset, yhteisöt ja muut toimijat.

www.metsa.fi/projekti/pri...

#PriodiversityLIFE #EUBiodiversity #LIFEprogramme

🇪🇺 #EUGreenDeal, #EUFarm2Fork & #EUBiodiversity strategies place organic at the 💚 of this transition, with 25% #OrganicLand by 2030.

💡 Key lessons:
1️⃣ All sectors must mobilise for change.
2️⃣ We need strong supply chains & commitment from the food industry.

#Cambrai #EUorganic #OdysséePourNotreSanté

📢NGOs launch guide to successfully address bycatch of sensitive species in the EU and call for bolder action 🐬🦈
Trends are worsening, populations are at risk, yet attention is declining. It’s time to #RethinkFisheries!
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #EndBycatch #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanWeek

For that we also need to implement the #EUBiodiversity targets and the #RestoreNature law in #forest ecosystems. And end the clearcut massacre in nordic forestry. #EUGreenDeal

🌿 Today on International #Biodiversity Day, we highlight the #cement industry’s commitment to nature protection and ecosystem restoration.
📘 Discover case studies & data in our brochure: cembureau.eu/media/ck5he3...
Let’s keep building with nature in mind. 💚
📸©️ Ana Sampaio
#EUBiodiversity

Celebrating #Natura2000Day by spotlighting the role of data 🐸

B-Cubed is making biodiversity info easier to access and use, so protected areas across #Europe stay protected 🕸️

#Natura2000 #Biodiversity #BiodiversityData #EUBiodiversity #ProtectedAreas #KPA @eualiens.bsky.social

LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025: claim your share of €600 million and help create a sustainable future for Europe! The LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 launches today — and it’s your chance to shape a sustainable, prosperous and competitive European future for us all.

The #EULife25 calls for proposals are now open! € 600 million 💶 of EU funding is available for #EUBiodiversity 🦉 , #CircularEconomy, #ClimateAction & #CleanEnergy☀️ Get ready & start your application now #ForOurPlanet➡️ europa.eu/!nF8Cmh eu.smh.re/0Zs8

LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025: claim your share of €600 million and help create a sustainable future for Europe! The LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 launches today — and it’s your chance to shape a sustainable, prosperous and competitive European future for us all.

The #EULife25 calls for proposals are now open! € 600 million 💶 of EU funding is available for #EUBiodiversity 🦉 , #CircularEconomy, #ClimateAction & #CleanEnergy☀️ Get ready & start your application now #ForOurPlanet➡️ europa.eu/!nF8Cmh eu.smh.re/0Zrk

LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025: claim your share of €600 million and help create a sustainable future for Europe! The LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 launches today — and it’s your chance to shape a sustainable, prosperous and competitive European future for us all.

The #EULife25 calls for proposals are now open!
€ 600 million 💶 of EU funding is available for #EUBiodiversity 🦉 , #CircularEconomy, #ClimateAction & #CleanEnergy☀️
Get ready & start your application now #ForOurPlanet➡️ europa.eu/!nF8Cmh #ActOnClimate #solarpower #renewables

Project ‘Butterfly’ takes flight in Paris! At the end of last week I joined researchers from across Europe and beyond who gathered at Norway House on the campus of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, for the official launch of t…

Project ‘Butterfly’ takes flight in Paris!

At the end of last week I joined researchers from across Europe and beyond for the official launch of the EU-funded project ‘Butterfly’. Read more about the event and the project here:

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/04/07/p...

#EUBiodiversity #pollinators

💪Las brigadas de Ampros Cantabria están dejando Liencres sin #plumero.
🎥¡Y como no hay nada mejor que unas imágenes para ilustrar su trabajo, aquí os dejamos este pequeño video!
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#LIFEprogramme #LIFEproject #LIFEprojects #EUBiodiversity #Natura2000 #RN2000

📢Marine NGOs sent a letter to the German BALTFISH presidency to demand urgent action prevent the extinction of the Baltic #HarbourPorpoise population. Have a look at the letter! 👉 seas-at-risk.org/general-news...
#EUBiodiversity #ProtectedMeansProtected #RethinkFisheries #MPAs Photo: Sean McCann

📢#PressRelease: #AGRIFISH Council still ignores science pushing some fish populations on the brink of collapse. It's time for a shift to sustainable, low-impact fishing.
#EndOverfishing #RethinkFisheries #EUBiodiversity
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas...

LIFE shares experience on result-based agriculture payment schemes for biodiversity Schemes that pay farmers when they boost wildlife on their land could help to halt declines in biodiversity across Europe, a meeting hosted by LIFE Belgium for Biodiversity in Leuven heard.

LIFE powers #EUBiodiversity 🌿 #LIFEProjects are empowering farmers to protect nature by rewarding them for improving habitats and wildlife! Check out success stories from Ireland, Latvia, and Spain 👉 Find out more: europa.eu/!7WM9D7 #LIFEProgramme eu.smh.re/0XCs

Ein Großer Brachvogel steht im Wasser, guckt in die Kamera; dazu Text: Biodiversität in Gefahr!

🚨 Der Verlust von Artenvielfalt und Lebensräumen beschleunigt sich, dringend nötige Maßnahmen in der EU bleiben aus.
Die Ziele der 🇪🇺-Biodiversitätsstrategie 2030 sind in Gefahr!
👉 Neuer Bericht von @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social: www.nabu.de/news/2024/11...
#RestoreNature #EUbiodiversity #GreenDeal

Haiilo

Acting for a greener tomorrow✨
133 new #LIFEProjects will help the #EU achieve climate neutrality by:
🐦preserving #EUBiodiversity
🧶promoting #CircularEconomy
💧tackling #ClimateChange
🔋clean #EnergyTransition
eu.smarpshare.com/app.microblo... #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow