Time to Change Crop Protection?
Last year, I was asked if I would be prepared to join the Independent Advisory Board of the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA). ECPA represents the pesticide industry in Europe. …
Last year, I was asked if I would be prepared to join the Independent Advisory Board of the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA). ECPA represents the pesticide industry in Europe. …
In a few days time, I am speaking at the Quarry Life Award ceremony in Brussels, an event organised by Heidelberg Cement. The Quarry Life Awards offer a unique opportunity…
It does not happen every day that I meet three European Commissioners, but last week I managed to do so. IUCN Director-General Julia Marton-Lefèvre and her Deputy Poul Engberg-Pedersen visited…
The EU Habitats Directive is 20 years old. The Habitats Directive was the basis for the European network of conservation areas, Natura 2000 – the largest and one of the…
The Heads of a number of European Nature Conservation Agencies have established a network (“ENCA-Network”) to strengthen nature conservation in Europe by enhancing cooperation between its members. I was invited…
After more than ten days of debates, presentations, reviews and voting, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is over. The IUCN Programme is adopted without any problems, IUCN has a President…
On Thursday morning, I had no specific tasks or appointments in the World Conservation Congress, which gave me the chance to see a little of Jeju Island. I decided to…
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff was a Georgian aristocrat and a lifelong New Yorker who became an outspoken environmental watchdog. He died last year, and in his memory, theIUCN Caucasus Cooperation Centre, in…
One of the key activities during the IUCN World Conservation Congress is the review and adoption of motions. Motions may take the form of a resolution or a recommendation. Resolutions…
When I was asked to give the welcome words at the workshop on trans-boundary conservation yesterday, organised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Korean National Park Service…
