Posts Tagged ‘common agricultural policy’
Webinar – Peatlands in the new CAP
On Wednesday 3 June 2020, Wetlands International – Europe, the Greifswald Mire Centre and the National University of Ireland – Galway are co-organising a webinar on peatlands in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Fully functional and healthy wetlands are the most effective long-term carbon store and sink on the planet. The drainage of peatlands…
Read MorePosition Paper: Preserve peatlands in post-2020 CAP
A consortium of 23 organisations, lead by the Greifswald Mire Centre, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Wetlands International European Association, call on the preservation of peatlands in the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy. Peatlands have been drained extensively for agriculture, forestry and peat extraction, which has lead to emissions of substantial amounts of…
Read More30 NGOs call for urgent action for insects
Led by fellow EHF member Buglife, in support of the European Parliament resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative, 30 NGOs have published a letter calling on the European Commission for urgent and improved action to halt the decline of insects. In the letter, the 30 NGOs, among which Eurosite, stress the…
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