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🦗🐦Today, on #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , we celebrate the essential role insects play in fuelling the journeys of migratory birds across vast distances. These tiny creatures are vital for replenishing the energy reserves of traveling birds of all sizes, influencing the timing,…
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#IPBES7 : What will the world look like in 2050? IT'S 👏 OUR 👏 CHOICE 👏. #EUelections2019 will have a direct impact on biodiversity. #IvoteNature #GlobalAssessment @IPBES
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🚨Dear UK citizens🚨 Today is the last day to register to vote for the #EUElections2019 ! Nature knows no borders, and needs you to speak up for it. #IvoteNature #ThisTimeImVoting
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⚠️BREAKING: new Common Agricultural Policy will massively fund nature destruction. This pro-extinction policy will hit Europe's wildlife with extreme violence. Read our press release for more ⬇️ #WithdrawTheCAP #EUGreenDeal #CAPreform
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Thanks to the EU single-use plastics will be banned by 2021. Vote for a Europe that will continue protecting our oceans #IvoteNature #OceanAlert
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European forests are in danger. Biomass power plants threaten French forests. Ancient forests are being destroyed in Romania. There's logging on indigenous lands in Finland & Sweden. The EU can help protect forests. Vote for what you love in #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature
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European forests are in danger. Biomass power plants threaten French forests. Ancient forests are being destroyed in Romania. There's logging on indigenous lands in Finland & Sweden. The EU can help protect forests. Vote for what you love in #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature
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Thanks to the EU single-use plastics will be banned by 2021. Vote for a Europe that will continue protecting our oceans #IvoteNature #OceanAlert #EUGreenWeek
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Thanks to EU nature laws, all wild birds in Europe are protected. Secure their future and vote for a Europe that will always keep them safe #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature
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Thanks to EU nature laws, all wild birds in Europe are protected. Secure their future and vote for a Europe that will always keep them safe #EUElections2019 #IvoteNature #EUGreenWeek
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Eu forests are in danger. Biomass power plants threaten French forests. Ancient forests are being destroyed in Romania. There's logging on indigenous lands in Finland & Sweden. The EU can help protect forests. Vote for what you love in #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature #EUGreenWeek
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Eu forests are in danger. Biomass power plants threaten French forests. Ancient forests are being destroyed in Romania. There's logging on indigenous lands in Finland & Sweden. The EU can help protect forests. Vote for what you love in #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature #EUGreenWeek
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Eu forests are in danger. Biomass power plants threaten French forests. Ancient forests are being destroyed in Romania. There's logging on indigenous lands in Finland & Sweden. The EU can help protect forests. Vote for what you love in #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature #EUGreenWeek
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@BirdLifeEurope
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Thanks to the EU single-use plastics will be banned by 2021. Vote for a Europe that will continue protecting our oceans #IvoteNature #OceanAlert #EUGreenWeek
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@BirdLifeEurope
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Cruel lime-sticks are prohibited by EU law. Sign & RT #NatureAlert to ask for law enforcement http://t.co/1XKWjJrRgM http://t.co/epPLcxx7PH
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Birding with Bernie.
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🚨 URGENT: Doñana National Park on the brink of extinction!🌿💔 Illegal water irrigation practices are pushing this haven for hundreds of thousands of birds to the edge of extinction. The delicate balance of Doñana's ecosystem is being shattered by over 1,000 illegal wells that…
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VICTORY 🎉 As of today using lead shot ammunition in wetlands is illegal in all 27 EU countries, as well as Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein! Thanks to this law, the lives of ~ 1 million waterbirds which currently die of lead poisoning in the EU will be saved. #Banlead
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@BirdLifeEurope
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The #birds are asking for your help 🎥🐦 #NatureAlert
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📢CALL TO ACTION 📢 Lead is toxic for nature and people. 🚨☠️⚠️ Next week, the @Europarl_EN has the opportunity to #BanLead . Nature needs your help: ☑️ tag your MEPs - check the list ⬇️ 💬 tell them that #LeadisPoison and that you want them to ban lead now!
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@BirdLifeEurope
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Elon Musk might have killed Larry, but now we have a chance to see birds on the € notes! The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro notes, and asking for feedback on the themes they are choosing between! Tell them why we need birds on €s here!
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@BirdLifeEurope
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Can't say we're thrilled about the rebranding RIP Larry. We will continue our fight to keep common birds common.
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🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 know no borders.
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@BirdLifeEurope
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❤️ Today, we’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the EU’s Birds Directive! ❤️ That’s 40 YEARS of protecting more than 500 bird species across Europe! So many threatened species have been saved because CONSERVATION WORKS 🦉🦢🦅 #NatureAlert @EU_ENV @KarmenuVella
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@BirdLifeEurope
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Forests host nearly 90 % of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. It should be a duty to take care of them. Every year, the EU burns 20 times more wood for bioenergy than what burned in this summer's forest fires. Ask MEPs to stop burning forests:
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📢CALL TO ACTION 📢 Lead is toxic for nature and people. Next week, @Europarl_EN has the opportunity to #BanLead . Nature needs your help: 1⃣ Find your MEPs here 2⃣ tag your MEPs - 3⃣ tell them that #LeadisPoison and that you want them to ban lead now!
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⚠ EU politicians want to dismantle the laws that protect our nature ⚠ Sign & share to stop it http://t.co/eKuEqHcFr4 http://t.co/Xl17FWCgyP
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Shooting, trapping, poisoning...Millions of migratory birds are slaughtered illegally as they make nature’s most incredible journey. Join us this spring as we follow these 7 magnificent birds on their epic #FlightForSurvival . Coming February 26th
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In 40 years, Europe lost 57% of its farmland birds. At the end of the day, agriculture needs to work within planetary boundaries. The #FutureofCAP deal on the table does not. It's an extinction machine. MEPs, this Friday, you have a crucial decision to make. #VoteThisCAPdown .🗳️
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Cruel bird trapping is prohibited by EU law. Please sign & share to ask for law enforcement http://t.co/1XKWjJrRgM http://t.co/pPqzZRGJzA
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The European Parliament just adopted the law to #RestoreNature !!! Thank you for voting for our future. Our reaction will follow soon.
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#NATUREALERT 🔥 We need your help once again! Ask politicians to defend nature with a click>>
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Think that bioenergy is clean and green?? #EUbioenergy policies are actually driving deforestation, habitat loss and an increase in carbon emissions 👉
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Seabirds are dying because of #bycatch and in horrifying numbers. Here we rescued this Caspian tern tangled in nylon nets, desperately trying to break free. EU boats, both inside & outside EU waters are causing this, and we need it to stop. Now. #OceanAlert #Saveseabirds
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VICTORY 🎉The #EUREACH Committee has just voted to #BanLead in hunting ammunition in #wetlands ! This historic step will save the lives of millions of birds who are poisoned every year.
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Our new series "Of Clearcuts and Birds" tells stories of Latvian, Estonian & Finnish forests. Their incredible biodiversity is threatened by an insatiable hunger for wood. Did you know that half of the wood used in the EU is burned for energy? ➡️
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🚨GOOD NEWS 🚨 This autumn, Turtle Doves can migrate safely across almost all of Spain, as today most Spanish regions declared a hunting moratorium on the Turtle Dove. Thank you @SEO_BirdLife for continuing the fight to end all hunting of this declining species across Spain🙏
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La mayor parte de las autonomías han optado por una CUOTA CERO de #caza de la tórtola europea para la próxima temporada. 👏Es una buena decisión, aunque insistimos en que la especie debe catalogarse como 🔴VULNERABLE🔴. (👇🧵Abrimos hilo.)
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🚨 BREAKING: @EU_Commission proposes to lower the wolf status from “strictly protected” to only “protected” under the Bern Convention.🤢 This baffling decision is founded on unclear data, with a glaring absence of any official report within all the official communications about…
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Climate change happens too fast for many to survive. READ The Messengers #BirdsTellUs #COP21
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Seabirds are dying because of #bycatch and in horrifying numbers. Here we rescued this Caspian tern tangled in nylon nets, desperately trying to break free. EU boats, both inside & outside EU waters are causing this, and we need it to stop. Now. #OceanAlert #Saveseabirds
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Our farmland birds are vanishing because of intensive agriculture. Your vote in the #EUElections2019 can save them from disappearing forever! #IvoteNature #EUGreenWeek
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🎉Victory!🦉 This morning the European Court of Justice ruled that using limesticks as a hunting method is illegal in France. The EU Birds Directive banned unselective hunting methods such as limesticks, back in 1979 - yet this practice has continued in the name of 'tradition'.
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The recent death of the illegally shot griffon vulture Perun is a sad symbol of the threat that Ulcinj Salina is under. This 1500 hectares saltpan area is a paradise in terms of biodiversity and is demands protection. Sign the petition now #SaveSalina
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Dear President @vonderleyen , Wolves are not a threat to humans. And when it comes to livestock, the damage is often linked to the lack of adequate supervision and physical protection. Wolves and humans can (and do!) co-exist. In fact, the EU has made sure of that. 🐺🫱🏿‍🫲🏽🇪🇺…
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⚠️ Happening now: vote on the Nature Restoration Law! The law did not get rejected! First barrier overcome! Now onto the amendments... Serious weaking down on the menu.
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And....it's 2023! We wish you a chirpful New Year from the whole BirdLife Europe and Central Asia team! 🦩✨🎉 Let's take a flying start to the New Year!
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📢GOOD NEWS!📢 A new Marine Protected Area in the North Atlantic high sea was officially designated today! NACES is a major seabird hotspot used by up to 5 million birds from 21 species! Find out more here⬇️
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Almost there! We need less than 10 000 signatures demanding the @EU_Commission to #RestoreNature ! You have 3 days left to stand up for our rivers, forests, grasslands, peatlands and sea and demand an EU law that will actually bring back nature - help us reach 100 000 signatures!
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Europe needs the law to #RestoreNature ! Today, the law should have become a reality during the @EU_ENV Council. Instead, there was a discussion between Environment Ministers as there is no longer a majority supporting the law. Many countries spoke up in favour of the law…
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Birds Directive prohibits cruelest methods of killing. SIGN & SHARE 4 enforcement http://t.co/eKuEqHcFr4 #NatureAlert http://t.co/jeS9OzO0UG
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BREAKING: The Portuguese Govt maintains its plans for an Airport in the middle of the Tagus Estuary. @SPEA_birdlife & @ClientEarth are going to Court to stop it. There is simply no need for a new airport in Lisbon, but rather for full protection of the Estuary! #STOPTagusAirport
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🚨Tonight the EU Parliament listened to the science 🧑🏿‍🔬 They voted for a 3️⃣🅾️% legally binding restoration target across EU land & sea 🏞️ They voted for the strict protection of old-growth & primary forests 🌲 They voted to revise EU rules on use of biomass 🪚 #RestoreNature
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Birds not the only ones suffering from climate-induced food & water shortages #BirdsTellUs
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Bioenergy => the #climate change solution that’s as bad as the problem. This video explains why:
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The uproar in Europe's farmer protests goes beyond headlines. Conservative and far-right parties, together with powerful agri-unions, continue blaming the limited and poorly enforced environmental legislation the EU has in place for all challenges farmers face. But lowering…
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⚠️MEPs just voted for an anti-science, anti-nature and anti sustainable farming #FutureofCAP . Infuriatingly, they did not #VoteThisCAPdown . Statement from our EU Agriculture and Biodiversity Policy Officer, @HarrietBirdlife , below. #EUGreenDeal #EUbiodiversity #ClimateCrisis
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"As long as their actions don't match their words, their words won't mean anything to us." @GretaThunberg MEPs, listen to the youth and hundred of thousands citizens that demand that you start restoring nature now! Don't play with our future! #RestoreNature
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⚠️Shocking wildlife crime alert⚠️ Between 16,000 and 20,000 birds may have passed through a fictitious breeding facility for songbirds in Poland, ending up in the catering industry or as decoy for hunters in Italy. A 54-year old italian man, who is believed to be the head of a…
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The law to #RestoreNature is definitely an opportunity we can't miss! Tell your decision-makers to be on the right side of history and put Europe’s nature on the path of recovery! 🌱
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🆕An amazing collaborative work led by BirdLife reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic high seas used by up to 5 million birds! This area is now being considered as a Marine Protected Area – this would make it the first high seas MPA identified from tracking data!
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Can you spot the birds nesting in these pictures? Tip: the last one is… impossible. Our series “Of clearcuts and Birds” reveals the insatiable hunger for wood in Europe, (in)directly driven by EU’s support for bioenergy. Act now to stop burning forests
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We need your help to end illegal #birdkilling in the Med. Donate/ #RT to stop it http://t.co/ESSKhnud0p http://t.co/lljW9wD8XC
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The @IUCNRedList now classifies the European turtle-dove as ‘vulnerable’. Sadly, European populations have plummeted by 30-49% only in the last 16 years. In several countries, numbers have collapsed by 90%. What is the future of the European turtle-dove? #FlightforSurvival
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Every year, more than 20 000 tons of lead is shot into our natural environment. #LeadisPoison for plants, soil, water, animals and people. We're in a #biodiversitycrisis : @Europarl_EN must #BanLead in wetlands now.
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Dear @TimmermansEU @KarmenuVella , Please protect our nature & enforce our laws 🐦 #NatureAlert #NatureFit4All
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YES. 400.000 signed to defend #wildlife laws in #Europe . NEXT: half a million! http://t.co/ZgBBanXD1W #NatureAlert http://t.co/zPAdGaGXLE
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🚨Breaking 🚨 Vote on the final report of the law to #RestoreNature rejected with a 44:44 tie at @EP_Environment . Today’s rejection of the ENVI report is an opportunity to adopt a more consistent and ambitious text in plenary on 12 July. Today’s divide in the ENVI committee,…
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25 MILLION/year illegally killed in Med. Soon only in museums... Donate to stop #BirdKilling : http://t.co/JVDtuS1a4u http://t.co/BSS0TKSNr1
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Birds are powerful Messengers for nature. Listen to what #BirdsTellUs about
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YES! The Parliament's @EP_Environment has just voted to #BanLead shot in wetlands. This a big victory for Nature! 🎉🦩🦜
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Thanks to EU nature laws, many threatened bird species have bounced back from the brink! Vote for what you love in the #EUelections2019 #IvoteNature #NatureAlert
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🐦🐧🦚🦜 🐧 🦅 🦃🦅🦉🦢 🐥 🐦 🦅🦚🦆🦜 🦆🦅🦉🐧🦜 🦢 🦚 🦜 🦜🐦🐧🦉🦆 🐦🐧🦚🦜 🦢 🦉 🦜🦆🦅🐧 🐥 🦉 🦚 🐦 🐦🦚🦜🦢 🐧 🦅 🦜 🐦 🐥 🐧 🦆🦅🦉🐦
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🎉 @ManfredWeber fails to derail EU Green Deal 🎉 ...but Parliament agrees to a weakened law to #RestoreNature . This win came at a very high cost - to reach a compromise, MEPs sacrificed many critical obligations and targets, ending up with a position substantially weaker than…
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A massive red flag🚩 in EU politics. The @EU_Commission is spreading misinformation and scaremongering across the continent. The reality is that, in this century, there have been✨ 0 human fatalities ✨ linked to wolves in Europe. President @vonderleyen is putting her own…
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The concentration of wolf packs has become a danger for livestock and potentially for humans. We urge local and national authorities to take action where necessary. Local communities, scientists and others are also invited to submit data on wolves and their impacts ↓
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This fantastic series of short-eared owl photos was taken by photographer Nick Dibben over Portland in Dorset. #Springwatch
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Wouldn’t the € 20 note look so much better with a #kingfisher on it? The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro notes, and asking for feedback on the themes they are choosing between! Tell them why we need birds on €s here!
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⚠️🦩🚫 Your flight is cancelled. Forever. With cases in Albania, Italy, and Portugal, the latest trend across Europe seems to be that of wiping out nature to build or expand airports instead. In this day and age, you would think governments know better.
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Jamie Wyver from @Natures_Voice explains why bird-friendly farmers are the key to making sure that the voice of the Turtle Dove is heard over the United Kingdom:
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Bosphorus bycatch of majestic yelkouan shearwater in fishing gears this past week has been stopped by municipal police. Our Turkish partner @DogaDernegi thanks everyone around the world who retweeted #RedAlertForYelkouan for their support – it made a difference! #SaveSeabirds
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🤯 @EPPGroup has just announced it will vote against the law to #RestoreNature . If they do, they will be responsible for the collapse of farmers, and the planet. #EUgreendeal #NatureRestoration
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Shooting, trapping, poisoning – millions of migratory birds are illegally slaughtered as the make nature’s most incredible journey. Your support donation can help us save these magnificent birds – DONATE today! #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #FlightForSurvival
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🌊Absolutely Iconic! The UK just closed English waters to industrial sandeel fishing – a vital move for our seabirds! Sandeels are tiny forage fish that are fundamental to the diet of many sea animals. But they are also in high demand by the fishing industry. These fish are…
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Lies, lies, endless lies coming out of @ManfredWeber and his @EPPGroup . @ArielBrunner tells the truth about the grains from Ukraine and food consumption and security in Europe. #RestoreNature
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"We are currently consuming food production from Ukraine. We use it. We don't deliver it to Africa. Why is nobody speaking about this?" @ManfredWeber asks. Let's not add even more pressure to our food production. ❗️This is not the right moment. #NatureRestoration
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
4 years
⚠️ OPEN LETTER: We're joining forces with 25+ NGOs to call on President @vonderleyen to #WithdrawTheCAP . Nature is in crisis. We desperately need a real #EUGreenDeal .
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
2 years
⚠️ BREAKING NEWS⚠️ The @EU_Commission just published their proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law! This will be the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 to set legally binding targets to #RestoreNature ! 🌱🌍✊ 👉
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
6 years
👏👏👏 Malta's 'barbaric' finch traps ruled illegal by @EUCourtPress ! Malta has broken EU law and could face substantial fines for allowing the hunting and trapping of an estimated 110,000 finches since 2014. Read more from The @Guardian : 📸🐦 Bengt Nyman
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
9 years
What will I do when my home is no longer protected? Save nature laws http://t.co/doUkQKfd3M #NatureAlert #itsMyNature http://t.co/cCxUQcfohE
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
3 years
🥳GOOD NEWS!🥳 The French High Court has declared that using glue sticks to hunt birds is now *permanently banned* in France! Thank you to our BirdLife Partner @LPOFrance for leading this battle over several decades🙏🏽🦉🦜🦩
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@LPOFrance
LPO France
3 years
📢 C'est la fin de la chasse à la glu des🐦 en France ! 🎉 Le @Conseil_Etat a suivi la Cour de Justice 🇪🇺 et vient d'annuler les derniers arrêtés ministériels, confirmant ainsi que le piégeage à la glu est illégal 💪 + d'infos ▶️
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
9 years
⚠Sin leyes medioambientales nuestra fauna está en peligro⚠Firma y RT por mantenerlas: http://t.co/eKuEqHcFr4 http://t.co/4nyXYqp0YL
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
4 years
Our system is destroying nature at alarming rate. We must open our eyes & ears to nature again. We must #BringNatureBack ! 🐞🦋🐝🦎🐢🐟🐠🐭🐴🐗🐺🌳🦉🦆🌍 #Space4Nature | #BiodiversityCrisis | #ClimateCrisis | #EUGreenDeal | #NatureNow
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
5 years
🦜 🦜 🦜 🦜 🦜 🦜 🦜 🐧🐧🐧🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧🐧🐧🐧 🦚🦚🦚🦚 🦚 🦚 🦚 🦉🦉🦉🦉 🦉 🦉🦉🦉 🦉 🦉🦉🦉🦉 #IVoteNature #EUelections2019
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
8 months
Last day to to help shape the future of euro notes! Birds are a theme for the redesign. Tell the European Central Bank why birds are the best choice! 🐦💶
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
4 years
We are deep in the #BiodiversityCrisis & #ClimateCrisis . Yet if current management practises continue the EU forest carbon sink will halve by 2050. However, if restored to health, EU forests could be absorbing triple the amount of carbon dioxide they currently remove. #ForestsEU
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
9 years
#EU politicians want to dismantle the laws that protect our nature ⚠ Sign & share to stop it http://t.co/eKuEqHcFr4 http://t.co/4ZRTDUqWpm
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
5 months
❗Almost 300 NGOs are asking @vonderleyen to base the modification of the protection status of wolves on reliable scientific data, and not through a non-transparent and irregular process. 🐺The science and public opinion are clear: the modification of the protection status of…
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
2 months
🚨ALERT! The future of the Nature Restoration Law hangs by a thread once again. Despite reaching an agreement across all three EU institutions, Hungary is now turning its back on the deal. The message is loud and clear - Europe needs, and Europeans want a law to…
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
10 months
There is no food without nature. There is no business on a dead planet. There is no fight against the #climatecrisis without restoring nature. On Wednesday, the EU Parliament will vote on the law to #RestoreNature . Our future depends on the outcome.
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
5 years
Our European Honey-buzzard began its spring migration to Europe today! With thousands of kilometers ahead, this bird faces many dangers, including poisoning, collisions, and sadly, illegal shooting in the Mediterranean. Follow its journey and help it home on #FlightforSurvival
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@BirdLifeEurope
BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
2 months
🥳 The law to #RestoreNature has always been so much more than a law to bring back nature. It is a symbol that Europe can, and will, commit to fighting for the survival of our planet. Despite last-minute efforts of far-right and conservative groups, and disinformation from…
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