The creation of the International Marine Park of the Strait of Bonifacio was formally announced on December 7 at Bonifacio in Corsica, in its innovative role as a…

In 50 years the Alpine glaciers have lost more than a half of their surface.

The Natura 2000 Network, the EU project to conserve biodiversity, expanded to 25 thousand km² as a result of 235 new areas designated by the Commission as Sites of Community Importance…

The European Parliament removed exceptions to the EU ban on “shark finning”, the practice of cutting off fins and dumping carcasses at sea.

Countries bordering the Mediterranean are committed to contribute to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, through the Barcelona Convention…

WWF has delivered to the European Parliament 150 thousand signatures calling for a reform of fisheries policy, so as to promote a more sustainable practice and the end of illegality and overfishing.

In 20 years, Life, the European Fund for the Environment, has contributed more than EUR 1.2 billion to the management and restoration of over 2000 Natura 2000 sites across the EU.

The LifeWatch Service Centre was officially inaugurated last June 22, in Lecce, with the participation of representatives from public administrations, Italian and EU universities…

The Commission proposes to allocate 3,2 billion over the next period (2014-2020) to a new Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE).