The Commission adopted two measures to support the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), giving greater legal certainty for businesses, Member States and partner countries ahead of the Regulation's application.
Top EU policymakers and industry leaders will meet to map out how to efficiently integrate pollution reduction into Europe’s green and digital transitions. Available to watch via live stream on the day.
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The official LIFE public dashboard now covers more than three decades of climate and environmental funding. Search through over 6,500 green projects dating all the way back to 1992.
Europe’s forests face unprecedented threats from droughts, wildfires, and disease, but researchers working to future-proof them say one answer lies in their diversity. Discover more now.
A new study reveals that ocean cleanup efforts shouldn't just focus on "garbage patches", with the greatest threats to wildlife occurring where plastic waste collides with high marine populations.
See our new guidance on Natura 2000 areas & sustainable tourism 👣🌳
Remembering the Seveso disaster 50 years on...🙏
Read about our new portable battery exemptions 🔋
The EU's Waste Shipment Regulation was updated so municipal waste exports to Switzerland can continue, avoiding any disruptions to established waste management. Find out more.
When summer turns cities into concrete ovens, simply staring at greenery can instantly chill your brain, drop your heart rate, and hack your heat stress. Want to know more? Watch our video.
The Commission issued new guidelines this month for its vast Natura 2000 network to help local authorities boost ecotourism while protecting Europe's most fragile habitats from visitor overcrowding.
The Commission published its first major evaluation of the Nitrates Directive, which finds that it remains effective, but also identifies opportunities to simplify its implementation. Read more below.
New rules now prohibit large fashion brands from destroying unsold clothes and shoes, meaning companies must donate, resell, or recycle excess inventory instead. Another circular economy win!
The EU launched its Digital Product Passport Registry, enabling businesses to easily log supply chain data and verify product sustainability across Europe. See all the details below.
Our first newsletter of 2026 gives an update on our activities following our Plenary meeting in Brussels, Belgium, which was held back-to-back with the European Commission’s Green Week (theme: Investing in a nature-positive economy‘). At Green Week, the Platform had a stand for two days, where we shared our toolkit, role play game, and communication products with interested policy makers and practitioners. At the Plenary meeting, we discussed policy updates. The regional platforms and related projects gave updates. This gave us a good basis for discussing upcoming challenges and focus areas for large carnivore coexistence. Shortly before the Plenary meeting, we held our first regional workshop of the year, in Rovaniemi and Kuusamo, Lapland, Finland. This was co-organised by two Platform members: the Finnish Reindeer Herders Association and EUROPARC Foundation. The workshop centred around the theme of ecotourism and how the practice of supplementary feeding of large carnivores for tourism purposes may impact local reindeer herding communities. Over two intense days, we visited two field sites and held several useful conversations among international and local stakeholders. I highly encourage you to read our summary in this newsletter and see the dedicated event page for more insights. Before signing off, I would like to draw your attention to the 8th edition of the European Natura 2000 Awards which is now open for applications. Previous finalists have included large carnivore coexistence initiatives such as the Belgium wolf fencing team and projects to protect the Carpathian and Iberian lynx. So, if you, or anyone you know, are interested in sharing your work related to Natura 2000, apply now! Thank you for your attention and I wish you all a wonderful summer, Jurgen Tack, EU Platform Chair
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Wolverines are the smallest of Europe’s large carnivores and belong to the ‘weasel’ family, of which they are the biggest member on land. |
Between 10 to 22 months of age, young wolves leave their family’s territory to find their own territory and establish their own pack. This process, known as dispersal, can involve traveling thousands of kilometres. |
Golden jackals are widespread in 14 European countries and present in small numbers in 8. In recent years they have been newly recorded in 4 countries (Finland, Norway, Spain and The Netherlands). |
During the Pathways Europe 2026: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference in Oxford 14-17 June, the EU Large Carnivore Platform co-organised the session “Serious games for coexistence: Immersive tools to transform human–nature relationships and mediate conservation conflicts” together with the COEXIST project in France. At the session, panellists offered a definition of coexistence, while exploring perspectives on patterns of coexistence across species, temporal scales, and cultural contexts. Panellists critically explored common assumptions, identified shared characteristics, and discussed points of divergence in how coexistence is conceptualized and implemented across different conservation settings.
