🔴And we're live! President Ursula von der Leyen is kicking off her State of the Union speech for her last year as President of the Commission. Does she have what it takes to save European lives from the nature and #climatecrisis that is already devastating lives across our continent?

⚠️Members and volunteers of the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije) are currently receiving a massive amount of hate and death threats on social media after reporting the illegal killing of migratory birds! Up to 800 illegal calling devices for

🤔Want to find out what migrating #birds and climate & biodiversity solutions have in common? Don't miss this webinar! 👇 #NYClimateWeek #BirdLifeFlyways

Little Red Riding Hood needs an update! 🐺👧❤️ More than 80 EU-funded projects over 2 decades demonstrate that coexistence with wolves is more than possible🤝 It’s time to refresh old fairy tales with reality: find them here👇 op.europa.eu/en/publication… #DontCryWolf

There are many ways to protect livestock without causing harm (and killing wolves!) Practices proven to be the most effective are: 💸Compensation payments 🛡️Prevention measures 📄Information, advice, awareness raising #DontCryWolf #RestoreNature

Important step forward. Now let's move to actually establishing actually #ProtectedAreas Europe has one of the world's worst track records at this point in terms of protecting and restoring its own seas

Yes, the wolf population has grown in the past years, but only because protection brought them back from the brink of extinction. Where wolves reach their carrying capacity, their population growth stops naturally. If governments truly care about protecting livestock and

For a future with our CO2 sponges, the peatlands! The #Power2Peatlands conference co-organised by Care-Peat and our partner Natuurpunt just ended yesterday with more than 500 experts attending to help restore these overlooked habitats. Peatlands need to be included at the

Great to see Malcolm Noonan acknowledge farmer need for certainty & longer term payments in Agri-envt schemes plus a state nature fund. #RestoreNature BirdLife Europe & Central Asia European Environmental Bureau WWF EU

Le 19.10 à Namur, le WWF-Belgique organise une conférence sur le #rewilding en 🇧🇪 : bit.ly/3RnsNQy Différents intervenants partageront leur expérience de terrain. Jean-Yves Paquet, directeur du département Natagora Études, y parlera du râle d'eau 🐦 #BeWild

Cynical coincidence: Today's hearing of controversial designated climate chief for the EU, Wopke Hoekstra , will take place while outside we will be faced with exceptionally high temperature (another broken record 😢) for October

🐣 ¡Millones de GRACIAS! 💛 Miles de personas han celebrado con SEO/BirdLife el #DiadelasAves este fin de semana. 💛 ¡Las aves nos enseñan cómo salvar el planeta! 🐣 #NecesitamosUnMundoConAves

Floods. Heatwaves. Wildfires. Droughts. It is the duty of our leaders to give Europeans a law that will truly protect them from future climate change-related disasters. 200 NGOs urge to adopt the #RestoreNature Law that is fit for purpose! 👉 birdlife.org/wp-content/upl…

🌿Job opportunity!🌿💼 Our partner Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC) and Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on dispersal processes and ecological connectivity. More info: buff.ly/3RCjFHQ

🔝Es una gran noticia!! Queda mucho camino por recorrer para que #Doñana deje de estar en peligro de extinción 📢 Será imposible si las administraciones no actúan de forma coordinada. #DoñanaSeExtingue 👇 eldiario.es/andalucia/gobi…

Partido Popular y VOX 🇪🇸 entierran la propuesta de ampliar #regadíos. La presión de la #ciencia, Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico, SalvemosDoñana y más #ONG, más la voz de las #ciudadanía con las más de 250.000 firmas entregadas en la European Commission han tenido su efecto! 👏👏GRACIAS por todo el apoyo!

Powerful thread. We need to start looking the beast in the eye. Ursula von der Leyen Iratxe García Pérez /❤️ Manfred Weber Stéphane Séjourné don't let our future down

We need to know each other better. We will then see that we can actually exist together. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Key msgs: We’re seen as a green island but we’re not green; changing perceptions-more pics in Agri media of scruffy fields to let farmers know it’s acceptable to let biodiversity thrive; Less inputs can often mean more profit; maximize what ground can produce but don’t force it.

⚠️ You thought the fight for the Nature Restoration Law is over? It isn’t! The European Council, Commission, and Parliament are currently negotiating the final content of the law to #RestoreNature. On the 9th of November, they will come to a final deal! 👀 Negotiators, we are