Big majority in EU parliament vote for corporate due diligence along entire supply chains, including for UK businesses The EU took a step closer to Read More
Mar 10, 2021
Conservation
Nov 30, 2020
International lawyers draft plan to criminalise ecosystem destruction
Plan to draw up legal definition of ‘ecocide’ attracts support from European countries and small island nationsInternational lawyers are drafting Read More
Nov 18, 2020
Can Spain fix its worst ecological crisis by making a lagoon a legal person?
Murcia residents hope to protect the polluted Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon, with a change in legal status“At least we know it is Read More
Oct 30, 2020
Pheasant and partridge classified as species that imperil UK wildlife
Shooting interests in England will need licence to release non-native birds near nature reservesPheasants and partridges are to be classified Read More
Sep 18, 2020
Activists sue ministers over release of game birds for shooting
Wild Justice accuses UK government of breaching duty to protect conservation sites Conservationists are suing the UK government over the release of Read More
Apr 30, 2020
Claims of 445% rise in Australian green tape based on ‘lazy’ and ‘flawed’ analysis
RegData word count used to attack environmental laws was developed at by rightwing thinktank linked to billionaire Charles KochClaims that Read More
Apr 30, 2020
Claims of 445% rise in Australian green tape based on ‘lazy’ and ‘flawed’ analysis
RegData word count used to attack environmental laws was developed at by rightwing thinktank linked to billionaire Charles KochClaims that Read More
Feb 26, 2020
Defra challenged over ‘unlawful’ release of 57m game birds in UK
Wild Justice takes legal action, citing ‘ecological assault’ and harm to rare wildlife from mass release of birds for shootingEnvironmental Read More
Nov 30, 2019
Fact check: how credible is the war on Australia’s environmental ‘green tape’?
Coalition says approvals take three and a half years, the reality can be longer, putting threatened species at riskAustralia’s national environment Read More
Nov 30, 2019
Fact check: how credible is the war on Australia’s environmental ‘green tape’?
Coalition says approvals take three and a half years, the reality can be longer, putting threatened species at riskAustralia’s national environment Read More
Sep 12, 2019
Defra to review release of game birds after legal threat
Government agrees to examine impact of shooting industry’s release of 50m non-native birdsThe annual release of more than 50 million non-native game Read More
Jul 25, 2019
Country diary: this ancient yew should live forever
Church Preen, Shropshire: The tree in the graveyard has been rejuvenating itself for centuries. But the law needs to do more to protect such living Read More