Reposted by Pepijn T’Hooft
in 2023, Bluetongue Virus BTV-3 killed more sheep in the Netherlands (<1% of EU) than wolves in the whole of the EU. When politicians say that we need to reduce protection of wolves to save rural livelihoods, this is BS💩
#wolf #addMam www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#wolf #addMam www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
in 2023, Bluetongue Virus BTV-3 killed more sheep in the Netherlands (<1% of EU) than wolves in the whole of the EU. When politicians say that we need to reduce protection of wolves to save rural livelihoods, this is BS💩
#wolf #addMam www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#wolf #addMam www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Pepijn T’Hooft
🆘The decision to downgrade wolf protection 🐺➡️🎯 and ease hunting restrictions casts doubt on the EU’s commitment to its own biodiversity goals.
🤔 How can we lead on nature conservation when actions contradict promises?
#SaveTheWolf #RestoreNature
www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
🤔 How can we lead on nature conservation when actions contradict promises?
#SaveTheWolf #RestoreNature
www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
The Brief – Restoring nature while killing wolves
It is not the rifle that is killing the wolves – it is realpolitik.
www.euractiv.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:15 AM
🆘The decision to downgrade wolf protection 🐺➡️🎯 and ease hunting restrictions casts doubt on the EU’s commitment to its own biodiversity goals.
🤔 How can we lead on nature conservation when actions contradict promises?
#SaveTheWolf #RestoreNature
www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
🤔 How can we lead on nature conservation when actions contradict promises?
#SaveTheWolf #RestoreNature
www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
Reposted by Pepijn T’Hooft
Yes, wolves are the real cause of the economic problems of European farmers. Not the furry ones with large teeth, for which Von der Leyen so aptly lowered protection with a trail of red herrings, but the wolves in suits and white collars.
VDL giveth, VDL taketh
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
VDL giveth, VDL taketh
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU snubs France to seal huge Latin American trade deal
Ursula von der Leyen announces South American trade accord, delighting her fellow Germans but infuriating France which calls the deal unacceptable.
www.politico.eu
December 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Yes, wolves are the real cause of the economic problems of European farmers. Not the furry ones with large teeth, for which Von der Leyen so aptly lowered protection with a trail of red herrings, but the wolves in suits and white collars.
VDL giveth, VDL taketh
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
VDL giveth, VDL taketh
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
Reposted by Pepijn T’Hooft
As expected, the downlisting of the #wolf Canis lupus at the Bern Convention Standing Committee was approved. A thread on some ins and outs. 1/
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU proposal to adapt protection status of the wolf adopted by Bern Convention, paving the way to more flexibility in managing wolf populations
Today, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted in favour of the EU proposal to adapt the protection status of the wolf from ‘strictly protected' to ‘protected'.
ec.europa.eu
December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
As expected, the downlisting of the #wolf Canis lupus at the Bern Convention Standing Committee was approved. A thread on some ins and outs. 1/
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...