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ConsIntel, for conservation intelligence, is a blog covering the political strategies that actors follow to defend their interests in conservation policies. There is a particular focus on counter-conservation – how anti-conservation policy forces craft and assert their power.

Tyrolean Hunting Act amended to accelerate the killing of wolves

February 14, 2023 Austria, Habitats Directive, wolf

The governing parties ÖVP and SPÖ as well as the FPÖ have voted a motion to amend the Tyrolean hunting law in the February meeting of the state parliament. This would allow “harmful and high-risk wolves to be shot quickly and unbureaucratically by decree”. Instead of the current multi-stage procedure (expert curatorship, endangerment decree, removal […]

Sweden uses its presidency of the EU to promote its national forest industry

February 13, 2023 forestry, Sweden

Sweden has been trying to get a change regarding forest biomass in the EU Council of Ministers. The changes in the new renewables directive would not only differ from the European Parliament’s line, but also from a majority position in the Council that ministers agreed on last June. Among other things, the Swedish Presidency tried […]

Sixteen Member States write the Swedish presidency of the EU to demand a stronger involvement of AGRIFISH in environmental issues

February 12, 2023 AGRIFISH, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden

Sixteen Member States have written to Peter Kullgren, minister (KD, Christian Democrat) for Rural Affairs of Sweden, which is holding the Presidency of the EU until June 2023, to demand a stronger involvement of AGRIFISH in environmental issues.

Twelve Member States demand the European Commission upholds wolf strict protection

February 12, 2023 Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, European Commission, Germany, Greece, Habitats Directive, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, wolf

Led by Slovakia, twelve Member States have sent a letter to the European Commission demanding that the wolf strict protection be upheld.

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ConsIntel for conservation intelligence is a blog covering the political strategies that actors follow to defend their interests in conservation policies. This blog has a particular focus on counter-conservation: how anti-conservation policy forces craft and assert their power.

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