Spain proposes 23 new marine protected areas in the Canary Islands and Mediterranean
The proposal looks to protect 22,405 square kilometers (8,651 square miles) of marine waters, primarily in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean around the Canary Islands, as well as four sites in the Mediterranean Sea. Francesco De Augustinis The Spanish government has...
Animal Leather and Deforestation: What’s Going On, and Why Has Europe Backtracked?
Leather has been excluded from the list of commodities covered by the European Union’s new Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will come into force on 30 December 2026. by Francesco De Augustinis Leather will no longer be among the commodities covered by the...
Nitrogen, Drought, and Extreme Heat: The Effects of Intensive Livestock Farming in the Po Valley
The high concentration of livestock farms in Italy’s Food Valley and the impacts during the heatwave. by Francesco De Augustinis The landscape passing by outside the car window is repetitive: one large livestock building after another—intensive pig farms, cattle...
Farming the Sea: Aquaculture Expansion and the Transformation of Coastal Life in Western Greece
Plans to expand fish farms along Greece’s coasts and their impact on landscapes, ecosystems and communities. by Panayotis Anagnostakis When Spyros Kounadis was 20 years old, Astakos coastline was an open stretch of sea dotted by small ports and fishing boats....
Antarctic krill fishery closes months early amid increasing fishing pressureIn Factory farming, FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery31 August 2026
EU-Mercosur free trade agreement could boost Amazon deforestationIn Deforestation16 June 2020
European Hake at Risk of Disappearing from the Western MediterraneanIn Fishery15 January 2025
Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish that could feed millions in Africa: ReportIn Factory farming, FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery, Human rights28 February 2024
Less than 0.1 percent of the sea is protected from fishing: Italy’s delay in protecting biodiversityIn Fishery30 July 2025
Deforestation in Paraguay, the hidden link with the European leather industryIn Deforestation14 October 2020
Deforestation and factory farms, a “Disneyland” for the spread of new virusesIn Deforestation, Factory farming, One Health26 April 2020
Scientists: Fishing boats compete with whales and penguins for Antarctic krillIn Fish farms, Fishery27 July 2023