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The EU has failed to secure greater protection for certain types of marine life at an international convention. Do endangered fish deserve the same protection as endangered...

The Commission decides to back a ban on trade in bluefin tune. The European Commission is set to throw its weight behind a near-total trade ban in bluefin tuna in a bid to...

The EU will have a powerful presence at an international meeting on protecting endangered species next month, but member states need to decide on their priorities. Europe...

Seals are not simply government property. The Canadian government, politicians of all stripes and even the odd government scientist remain comfortable denying reality,...

Proponents of total ban foreground public sentiment in their arguments. The European Parliament's internal market and consumer protection committee  will vote on Monday...

Clause requiring killing to be ‘humane' would effectively rule out the sale of all seal products, with the possible exception of products from Norway. The European...

A recent survey suggests more than three-quarters of Europeans want a ban. Luxury seal-fur coats and similar products may be banned from EU markets under European Commission...

Commission wants joined-up policymaking; maritime research to get significant boost. No EU policy was ever knowingly undersold. This is certainly true of the integrated...

The European ombudsman has called for the public to have better access to official EU documents. In a response published on Tuesday (24 July) to the European Commission's...

The European Parliament will in the autumn produce a report on the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as several MEPs have warned that environmental groups must...

The EU is under pressure to change its stance on the trade in ivory, ahead of an international meeting on endangered species. Representatives of the environment ministries...

Environmentalists took an unusually long time to agree their position on the idea of an EU maritime policy. The huge scope of the maritime policy green paper made it harder...

The Canadian government and seal hunt representatives have stepped up a campaign to convince EU policymakers to give up plans to ban the import of seal products from Canada....

MEPs will next week (14 February) vote to allow dolphins to swim more safely in EU waters. But environmentalists say the regulation on driftnets, on which Parliament is only...

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas is to propose a ban on trade in sealskin, following pressure from environmental groups and MEPs. Dimas told European Voice that he...

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....

Greece this month will face a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling over its failure to be nice enough to deadly vipers. The European Commission has accused Greece of...

The EU presidency, MEPs and the European Commission have made it clear what environmental questions they will try to answer in 2006, but what is worrying the green groups?...

THE Commission will put forward plans today (24 July) to significantly reduce the numbers of dolphins drowned through entanglement in fishing nets. The proposals will make...

ANIMAL charities have demanded urgent action to stamp out the illegal trade in so-called bushmeat from Africa. A 1,500-name petition has been presented to the European...