Conservation related content 

The Commission presents its proposals for restraint that may save the fishing industry – and fish – from destructio Maria Damanaki, the European commissioner for...

The Commission has a strategy to protect habitats, but conservation targets have been missed before. The European Union has the largest nature conservation network in the...

European Commission's environment department will attempt to set out better protection for species and habitats threatened with over-exploitation and extinction. A sweeping...

European politicians warn that there will be no additional funding for developing nations. The European Union looks set to disappoint developing countries by turning down...

Important court ruling on chocolate bears. Having devoted substantial time, money and effort to years of legal training, there must be moments when judges at the EU's...

Every year more animals, plants and marine life face threats to their habitat, and their existence. We look at some of the creatures in danger.

The European Union has to learn lessons from its earlier failures to halt the loss of biodiversity. The global economy may be limping out of recession, but the world's...

Introducing a new species may seem like a good idea, but it can bring disease and disruption that costs huge sums to deal with. The first recorded arrival in Europe of...

A large appetite for resources in Europe could be causing major problems in other parts of the world. Environmental standards are among Europe's proudest exports: European...

The outlook for many species is bleak. The EU has the largest nature conservation area in the world, yet many plants and animals are still endangered.

Maltese hunters feel the strain. This is not a good time to be a hunter in Malta. First, the European Court of Justice rules that they can no longer shoot common quail and...

Nature's cycle does not match politicians'. A price therefore needs to be put on the environment. Why are butterflies harder to rescue than banks? This is not just an...

EU executive that says ‘invasive species' are costing billions and that a pan-European strategy is needed to contain them. They may be small, largely unknown and...

European Court of Justice ruling brings ban on spring hunt one step closer. The 2008 spring bird hunting season in Malta has been outlawed by the European Court of Justice...

Biodiversity must be linked both with climate change and the need for a global farm policy to tackle food demand, writes Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, while Marie-Anne...

Across Europe, plants and animals are heading for extinction, often helped on their way by human behaviour. Eliza Gray looks at some of the species under threat.

In response to the advertisements in your recent editions, it is the position of the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) and its 34...

Although the focus on animal welfare tends to be on farmed and laboratory animals, endangered species and wild animals are also included in EU policy and legislation....

Before the mid-1980s, no one had heard of the term 'biodiversity'. Some 20 years later, however, scientists, politicians and conservationists use the term to address...

A new EU biodiversity strategy hopes to show Europe that by 2011 the idea of endangered plants and animals could be a thing of the past. Worrying about wildlife is a...