François Bastardie

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Sep 21

…2025? - “The decision to withdraw appears to have been driven by political pressure and increased criticism from, among others, the European People’s Party.” gorrissenfederspiel.com/en/the-europ...

The European Commission Withdraws the Green Claims Directive Proposal - Gorrissen Federspiel

gorrissenfederspiel.com

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Sep 21

2023 - It looks good and makes a lot of sense: “With a proposed new law on green claims, the EU is taking action to address greenwashing and protect consumers, and the environment.”

environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/circu...

Green claims

New criteria to stop companies from making misleading claims about environmental merits of their products and services.

environment.ec.europa.eu

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Jul 28

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Anticipating how spatial fishing restrictions in EU waters perform to protect marine species, habitats, and dependent fisheries

This study investigates the implications of spatial management strategies on fish populations and fisheries across EU waters, particularly focusing on establ...

www.frontiersin.org

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Mar 22

…explained in plain words to kids: ‘some animals that used to live in an ecosystem can take a long time to return or do not come back at all’ …. do not be overly confident about future outcomes in protecting nature later. Best not to disturb it now.

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Solving the Puzzle of Ecosystem Recovery

Human activities, past and present, have a big impact on nature, affecting ecosystems in profound ways. Scientists are working hard to figure out the best methods to restore damaged ecosystems. But ec...

kids.frontiersin.org

European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · Mar 22

💧 Every drop counts.

Access to water is a right - on #WorldWaterDay and every day. Yet nearly 1 in 3 people in the EU face water stress.

The European Parliament has updated rules to improve the quality of tap water and encourage reuse of treated wastewater to help prevent scarcity.

Photo of a drop of water falling.

Text reads: Water stress affects almost 1 in 3 Europeans each year

Water stress is when there is not enough water for people's needs or when the quality of the water limits its use.

Source: Europe's state of water 2024 - European Environment Agency

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Mar 22

When will “the global land sink will start to take up less CO₂ (…), meaning each tonne emitted will cause proportionally more warming. This means we can’t assume carbon sinks will comfortably buffer human emissions indefinitely” … #carbonSink #sinkToSource

climatetippingpoints.info/2024/12/03/c...

Are Earth’s natural carbon sinks collapsing?

This autumn, several media articles reported on a study showing the global carbon sink on land – which so far has drawn down around a quarter of human carbon dioxide emissions – took up…

climatetippingpoints.info

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · Mar 22

Without biodiversity, there would be no food.

Biodiversity depends on how we manage our agrifood systems and take care of nature.

Our future depends on biodiversity!

#EarthHour

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Mar 22

"Chlordecone can contaminate soil for up to 600 years."

What damage we have done to this #PoisonedPlanet - pesticides, plastics and pharmaceuticals all accumulating
#NovelEntities #PlanetaryBoundaries
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘A deliberate poisoning’: how a banned pesticide haunts the French Caribbean

Prostate cancer rates are among the world’s highest in Guadeloupe and Martinique, where chlordecone was widely used on plantations for more than 20 years

www.theguardian.com

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · Feb 19

We can’t afford to waste food and fibre.

Last night the European Parliament and the Council agreed to:

🍎Cut food waste by 10% in processing & manufacturing and 30% per person in retail & consumption
👖Charge producers for textile waste and short durability to fund recycling

More→ europa.eu/!34Tt76

A pair of jeans and a text above saying “For clothes that last longer”

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Feb 12

HELCOM Stakeholder Conference 2025 - Registration opened

“Although several legacy chemicals have been banned and EU regulations have improved, the ongoing release of many compounds remains a significant threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem.”

helcom.fi/helcom-at-wo...

@helcominfo.bsky.social

HELCOM Stakeholder Conference 2025 – HELCOMglass02glass01glass02glass01

helcom.fi

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Feb 11

A contribution to build “Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe”

#ecocertification #fisheries #sustainability
#scoring #biodiversity #seafood #protein

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe

The increasing global demand for seafood has intensified pressure on marine resources and hence the need to adopt sustainable fishing practices and pr…

www.sciencedirect.com

Scott Dance @byscottdance.com · Feb 6

NOAA scientists are on ‘full alert’ for government actions targeting their work after some staff were ordered to stop all communications with foreign nationals and DOGE gained control over internal agency websites.

Scientists, my DMs are open and I'm on Signal.

Gift link:

Scientists on ‘full alert’ after some NOAA staff ordered to stop talking to people overseas

And at other branches of NOAA, international contact was facing heavy scrutiny, raising questions about how easily they could carry out work to monitor weather and atmospheric conditions.

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Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Feb 2

The European Environment Agency in 2020: “out of the 100,000 chemicals present on the EU market, only 500 have been extensively characterised for their hazards and exposures” – referring to 'the unknown territory of chemical risks'.”

#Health #BiodiversityLoss

www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Jan 29

The “European Oceans Pact”: A call for evidence is now open => Have your say now! #blueeconomy #fisheries #aquaculture
*How we affect the ocean
*How the ocean affects coastal communities
*The opportunities that the ocean provides us with

ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

European Commission - Have your say

ec.europa.eu

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Dec 17

Accelerating the Transition to Sustainable Seafood Production in Europe’s Seas www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-be/... #cfp #ices #eea

ETC BE Report 2024/3: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainable Seafood Production in Europe’s Seas

www.eionet.europa.eu

Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · Nov 29

Historical sources allow us to 'zoom out' beyond recent trends in abundance of fished species

A century-scale view of fisheries highlights change from diverse fishes to a few invertebrate species

From recent research on century-scale change in fishes & fisheries tinyurl.com/4veee2vt

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Nov 26

“changing dietary patterns is not only the main means of decreasing quantified health hidden costs, but also a very effective way of reducing the quantified environmental hidden costs by freeing land, reducing and sequestering greenhouse gases and reducing nitrogen emissions.”
-> buff.ly/3YVQfHL

The State of Food and Agriculture 2024

Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities...

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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · Nov 26

🌊 The Baltic Sea - balancing pressures in a changing ecosystem
We have published an updated Ecosystem Overview highlighting the pressures impacting this ecosystem.
📄 doi.org/10.17895/ice...

ℹWe talk to Carolyn Faithfull & Riikka Puntila-Dodd who led this work www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Nov 19

To which extent innovations can help mitigate (or not) bottom trawling impact on the seafloor of Marine Protected Areas?

sciencemediahub.eu/2024/09/25/p...

Preserving marine ecosystems: the case for alternative fishing methods - ESMH

François Bastardie stresses the urgent need for sustainable fishing and innovation to reduce harmful impacts, notably from bottom trawling.

sciencemediahub.eu

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Nov 19

Atlas of the Human Planet: 50 years of population growth and urbanisation trends uncovered - European Commission

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Atlas of the Human Planet: 50 years of population growth and urbanisation trends uncovered

New Atlas analyses urban and population patterns from 1975 to 2030.

joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu

Francois Bastardie @navigate4sea.bsky.social · Jul 4

Exploring the viability of innovative fishing technologies as an alternative to bottom trawling in European marine protected areas: An environmental and socioeconomic analysis europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en... vía @Europarl_EN

Exploring the viability of innovative fishing technologies as an alternative to bottom trawling in European marine protected areas: An environmental and socioeconomic analysis | Think Tank | European ...

Exploring the viability of innovative fishing technologies as an alternative to bottom trawling in European marine protected areas: An environmental and socioeconomic analysis

europarl.europa.eu

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