
Steve Trent
@steventrent
Founder, CEO, Environmental Justice Foundation. Founder, WildAid. 35 years campaigning for wildlife, environmental security and human rights.
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http://www.ejfoundation.org 10-04-2009 21:48:24
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“Rather than exploiting a precious ecosystem... we can start by looking at the materials that have already been mined, and at the swift progress of new technology which doesn’t rely on deep-sea minerals.” Steve Trent on critical minerals 📝 ejfoundation.org/news-media/unl…

Sofía S. Manzanaro @OCHBelga Mared Gwyn Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Andrea Valdambrini Wolfgang Hansson Karin Axelsson Seafood linked to these vessels is potentially entering global markets. More attention must be paid to 🇨🇳's DWF and fisheries investments in the SWIO by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, coastal, market, port and flag states and, most of all, by the Chinese government.



We believe this law can drive "a fundamental shift towards sustainable behaviour, but rigorous enforcement is needed to achieve this," says Steve Trent. The 🇪🇺 has the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to environmental protection & human rights. ejfoundation.org/news-media/mep…


"We can, and must, leave burning fossil fuels and forests to the history books." We cannot delay the transition to clean energy any longer. Elaborate greenwashing has no place in the 🇬🇧 Read Steve Trent on Drax's unproven & unsustainable bioenergy with carbon capture scheme ⬇️

"The extent of the abuses on the Chinese fleet raises the question of whether authorities in Beijing are aware of the practices, or whether they have simply lost control of the fleet." However, solutions do exist, writes Steve Trent for World Politics Review 📝 worldpoliticsreview.com/china-illegal-…

“Without knowing who is catching what, where, when and how, we cannot make progress for a safe, sustainable ocean.” Illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea are intertwined – #Transparency is key to combating these abuses. 📝 Steve Trent: news.mongabay.com/2023/03/fishin…

As EJF's Steve Trent says, the new generation of leaders did not cause the crisis in Senegal's fisheries, but they can end it. Enshrining the fisheriestransparency Charter for Transparency into law can help to achieve this. Read our full comment here: ejfoundation.org/news-media/eur…





Steve Trent “No country needs minerals from the deep sea to achieve their climate targets. A circular economy is a safe alternative.” - Steve Trent We can and must prevent this ecological catastrophe before it starts. The solutions exist, but we must implement them. ejfoundation.org/reports/critic…

“We must not allow the last almost untouched ecosystems on Earth to be destroyed for the financial desires of a few.” #DeepSeaMining will be devastating for people and planet – we need a moratorium now. Read more from Steve Trent & @martin_webeler 📝 ejfoundation.org/news-media/the…

