Faustine Bas-Defossez
@BasDefossez
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Director nature, health and envt at EEB ; mum of 2 working hard for a liveable future 🌍 #sustainability #agri #biodiversity 🌿🐞 views are my own
Brussels
Joined May 2022
On #WorldNGODay, we made it clear: #CivilSociety is the backbone of our democracy! We call for stronger protection & support for those defending #HumanRights & the #RuleOfLaw, workers & businesses. Their voices shape our future - let’s ensure they are heard, not silenced!
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This week @tenBrinkPatrick, @BasDefossez and @toxicfreefuture met @JessikaRoswall to discuss the vital role of civil society in decision-making and the urgent need to tackle chemical pollution under the EU Green Deal, to move towards a #toxicfreefuture.
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Thanks to Commissioner @JessikaRoswall for a good meeting and stressing that civil society and work of NGOs are essential. We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent. We count on you to lead the way.
Insightful meeting with @tenBrinkPatrick , Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and team today.
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My Xmas wish? That green santa offers the recent @IPBES reports to those in @EPPGroup who are about to launch a war against nature
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The two landmark studies were launched in Windhoek, Namibia during the 11th Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary.
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🚨 Europe’s environmental crisis is intensifying, yet environmental defenders are facing more resistance and risk than ever. 🧐 @YEEnetwork's @EPagliarusco explores their role and how the #BeLIFE project can #SupportEnvDefenders: https://t.co/CXRzwhWC1y
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This article explores the critical role of environmental defenders and how the BeLIFE project seeks to empower them with tools, knowledge and resources to support their crucial work.
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The EU's new agriculture chief, @CHansenEU, faces a defining moment. He inherits: ✅Farmer protests demanding fairness ✅Historic consensus for reform ✅A mandate to deliver bold, systemic change @DeSchutterO explains how Europe can meet the challenge👇 https://t.co/Rq7VRLGYrn
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As new EU farm chief Christophe Hansen takes office, his defining challenge is building a food system fit for European farmers, consumers, and the planet — an extraordinary opportunity and an equally...
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Après les agissements inacceptables de la @FNSEA envers l'@INRAE_France '240 chercheurs soulignent que des transitions radicales sont nécessaires et que la recherche doit rester indépendante pour faire face aux enjeux monumentaux du XXIᵉ siècle👇
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TRIBUNE. Après qu’un groupe d’agriculteurs, liés à la FNSEA, a muré, le 28 novembre, l’entrée de l’Inrae, à Paris, un collectif de plus de 240 chercheurs souligne, dans une tribune au « Monde », que...
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“The big problem in Europe is this incapacity to not give way to lobbies and put public health first”, prof. @HercbergS told @POLITICOEurope. Commissioners @CHansenEU and @OliverVarhelyi can still prove him wrong when presenting the upcoming Vision for Agriculture and Food …🤓
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Did you know that: 👩🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women 💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men 🔴Our @BasDefossez is at @EP_Agriculture to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming. Tune in: https://t.co/Fo4ZpUOykp
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On stage @vrecionova @DrNagyIstvn1 @EUAgri's DG W.Burtscher, Mr Petersen #NAT @EUCoR, @BasDefossez, @masgiansanti answering to: What do we want to see in the vision for agriculture and food?
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LIVE🔴 Tune in now to watch EEB's @BasDefossez and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬 🧵👇 https://t.co/WiW24u1kaA
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@BasDefossez @EUAgri @LivePOLITICO @paulandresr_ @Euractiv @FordAlessandro @CHansenEU @vonderleyen @EU_Commission @angelodimambro Europe's current agriculture and food systems are simply not sustainable, severely harming: 😷The air we breathe 🥤The water we drink 🪱Soil health 🪲Vital ecosystems ...all while failing the vast majority of farmers and costing EU taxpayers billions each year...
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A lot of consumer blaming for making 'wrong' food choices @ #EUAgriFoodDays. Luckily @BasDefossez sets the record straight: consumer choices are heavily shaped by commercial actors (industry, retail). More on how in @beuc @Act4AnimalsEU @EPHA_EU report 👇 https://t.co/DzaaQgmqOK
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🎉🌱Happy #WorldSoilDay!🪱✨ But why does it matter? Well, one good reason: #soil is literally the foundation of life as we know it.. 🥕providing 95% of our food 💧filtering and storing water 🧑🌾protecting farmer livelihoods But soil isn’t invincible🧵👇 https://t.co/Ie0Hw3aWQh
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For World Soil Day, the EEB explains why healthy soils matter more than you might think.
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🧐 When politics trumps science, what’s at stake? #SaveTheWolf Can farmers and environmentalists ever agree on restoring nature? 🎙️ Hear @BasDefossez unpack the battles of EU environmental policymaking on the latest Tommy's Outdoors podcast. 🎧 Tune in:
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How much influence do personal experiences of high-ranking officials have on EU environmental policies? What happens when science-based conservation collides with political interests? Can farmers a...
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Politics and demagogy trumping science is what we have seen with the unfounded attacks against wolves which resulted in sentencing many of them to death in the Bern Convention meeting . The problem with that dangerous game is that in the end everybody will lose from it... 👇
🧐 When politics trumps science, what’s at stake? #SaveTheWolf Can farmers and environmentalists ever agree on restoring nature? 🎙️ Hear @BasDefossez unpack the battles of EU environmental policymaking on the latest Tommy's Outdoors podcast. 🎧 Tune in:
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Welcome again to the new @EU_Commission! My organisation @Green_Europe did some research for you and found that water in your hometowns is polluted by toxic #PFAS .We can't stop drinking but you have the POWER to stop our poisoning by banning PFAS! #BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture👇
🇪🇺 New @EU_Commission ☣️Increasing and unregulated use of PFAS in industry and consumer products has led to widespread contamination in Europe 💦Water is one of the main human exposure pathways to #foreverchemicals 🚨EU #PFAS restriction is an urgent priority
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yes: @lgewessler demonstrated on the @NatureRestorationLaw that she is a true leader who cares about general interest and the future of our children
@Green_Europe @BasDefossez The Nature Restoration Law, though somewhat weakened from its original form, has been successfully adopted. The Austrian Environment Minister emerged as a hero for supporting it despite political pressure, prioritising long-term survival over political gain. 6/9
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🔴Live Are you following #POLITICOSustainableWeek? Then tune in now for a discussion on what the EU's largest budget can do to support farmers, nature and future #FoodSecurity – featuring the EEB's own @BasDefossez 🧵👇 https://t.co/8DB2ceMu2f
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“The #CAP is the symptom rather than the disease - the disease is our current #FoodSystem”, @Green_Europe’s @BasDefossez tells #POLITICOSustainableWeek. “Yet it is an important tool that needs to be overhauled”.
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