A report by the European Commission shows that habitat and wildlife protection targets across Europe will be missed, with nine out of 10 UK habitats found to be in 'unfavourable' condition
… member states, with Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Portugal rapped for classifying as ‘unknown’ … condition, at 29 per cent, followed by Portugal (21 per cent), Denmark (19 per cent), …
With vast areas decimated by industrial farming, the salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise in popularity has had on the European landscape, and at some more sustainable brands.
… a third of all EU farmers. Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece are the largest producers; … desertification in Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal. In 2001, the European Commission …
Eco-labelled wine corks have just hit the market in a move to protect cork forests, which are threatened by a switch to metal screw top and plastic stoppers
… tree intact. Cork forests in Italy, Spain, Portugal and North Africa are home to Barbary …
Biomass electricity in the UK = clear-cutting of ancient swamp forests + bulldozing of traditional communities' lands + deprived UK communities bearing the brunt of toxic emissions.
… and temperate forests is rampant, and in Portugal, where the remnants of native forests … encroaching pine and eucalyptus monocultures. Portugal's pellet production has grown …
The UK and 13 other EU trade ministers have written to the European Commission's new head imploring him to include secret, much criticised investor protections in the controversial TTIP, the EU-US trade and investment deal, writes Jurgen Maier. Is this a democratic snub too far?
… Malta, Lithuania, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and Latvia. They wrote: "One of the …
Few Americans are aware that their country's horses are being exported and slaughtered abroad - often in appalling conditions - to supply European taste for a meat that's shunned at home. Andrew Wasley reports
… burgers containing horsemeat being sold in Portugal. Previously, horsemeat in Switzerland …
In 1975 Indonesia invaded the small Pacific country of East Timor, writes John Pilger, and then massacred a third of its population to suppress demands for independence. Now unearthed documents show the genocide was supported by Australia so it could grab the oil and gas reserves of the Timor Sea. Despite East Timor's independence, won in 1999, Australia is still stealing its oil and gas revenues worth $5 billion and counting.
… negotiated with Indonesia ... than with Portugal or independent Portuguese Timor." …
The European Commission has proposed new rules on foods derived from GMOs that would allow EU countries to opt out from the Europe-wide approval system - a move that has attracted strong criticism from all parties in the GMO debate.
… Europe, Monsanto's maize MON810, in Spain and Portugal. This article is a synthesis of …
Despite being an economic success, prawn farms built in Brazil's mangroves have displaced natural ecosystems and the coastal communities which rely on them, says Kennedy Warne in an exclusive extract from 'Let Them Eat Shrimp'
… balustrades, and flaking plaster—old Portugal preserved in her former colony. …
A new carbon 'tax and dividend' climate strategy would strengthen our economy, reduce regulation, help working class Americans, shrink government, promote national security, and reduce emissions, write eight senior US conservative politicians, financiers and academics. Now Republican control of all branches of the US government makes it an opportunity not to miss!
… served as the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 2007 to 2009 under President …