Pesticide Action Network Europe, together with the member of the European Parliament, Radan Kanev, the organizations IBMA and IOBC-WPRS, and Member of the Bulgarian Parliament Albena Simeonova Varbanova, invites you to an online symposium entitled ” Agroecological transition in…
Poisonous Imports through the Back Door
Banned pesticides found in fruit and vegetables from overseas in the pesticide test by GLOBAL 2000 and AK Upper Austria The environmental organisation GLOBAL 2000 and the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria have tested mangoes, pomegranates, sweet peas and…
World Wetlands Day 2023
World Wetlands Day is celebrated on the second day of February every year. What are wetlands? Land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. Inland wetlands: Marshes, lakes, rivers, floodplains, peatlands and swamps. Coastal wetlands:…
Support for the European Commission’s Draft (2020) Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
In October 2020, the European Commission published a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, which aims to reduce human and environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of European industry. This strategy, adopted by the European Parliament in July…
EU: How the Agrochemical Industry and Member States Are Defeating Pesticide Regulation
European Union: “Save the bees and the farmers” will be the 7th European Citizens’ Initiative. European Union: “Save the bees and the farmers. Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment“ has reached the one million mark in declarations of…
Open Letter for the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF Committee)
An Open letter addressed to the members of the PAFF committee and the Commission as chair, in advance of the PAFF meeting this week. The letter is signed by 58 organisations across Europe, including trade unions (representing agriculture…
For the 50th Time We Celebrate World Environment Day
World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 in order to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and protection of the environment. World Environment Day has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issues such as…
Joint Statement Concerning Urgent Need for Precise Public Data on the Use of Pesticides across Europe
Statement of 76 organisations on the state of play of the negotiations on the revision of EU rules on pesticides statistics The undersigned organisations express their deep concerns about the direction the negotiations within trilogues are taking on the reform…
World Bee Day – 20 May
For centuries bees, among the hardest working creatures on the planet, have benefited people, plants and the environment. By carrying pollen from one flower to another, bees and other pollinators enable not only the production of an abundance of fruits,…
Natura 2000 Awards: The Bulgarian Project “Natura 2000 – New Horizons” of the “Green Balkans” Won Communication Award
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Natura 2000 network, the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius announced the winners of the 2022 edition of the Natura 2000 Awards. The six…