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MEPs4Wildlife write to President of Zimbabawe about live export of baby elephants
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read moreMEPs Call for a Total Ban on Ivory Trade and Import in the EU
Loss of biodiversity is occurring at an alarming rate, One elephant is killed in Africa every 15 minutes for its tusks. We must take action now to save these species. MEPs for Wildlife wrote to Commissioner Vella calling for a total ban on ivory trade and import in...
read moreAn ACP – EU screening of The Last Animals
The EU has the Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking in place, and we are expecting a review on this by July. In addition to this we are writing a report on combating the destabilizing effects of wildlife trafficking in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)...
read morePoachers beware, environmental defenders are now protected!
It has just been announced that 24 representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries met in Costa Rica over the weekend and adopted the world’s first binding agreement to protect the human rights of environmental defenders. This means Measures will be...
read moreWildlife Trafficking is Crippling the Planet
Wildlife trafficking is crippling the planet We are currently in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. We are losing plants and animals at an alarming rate and humans are to blame. One of the most serious threats to biodiversity loss is wildlife trafficking. With a...
read moreMEPs for Wildlife support the European Commission’s plastic strategy
The MEPs for Wildlife group have written to European Commissioners Timmermans and Vella to show their support for the ambitious plastics strategy announced last month. The letter highlights the devastating consequences that plastic has on marine biodiversity with a...
read moreMEPs for Wildlife thank the US President for not reversing the elephant trophy ban
The MEPs for Wildlife group have written to the US Ambassador to the EU, to thank Donald Trump for not reversing the ban on elephant trophies into the US. The letter highlights the fact that trophy hunting cannot be used as conservation method because some of the...
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Help Ban EU Ivory Sales!
The European Commission recently launched an online consultation to find out what EU citizens think about the ivory trade. MEPs For Wildlife want citizens to have their voice heard in this process, but the questionnaire itself is not for the faint-hearted! It can get...
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MEPs For Wildlife calls on Home Office to support EU Council’s prioritisation of wildlife trafficking
The MEPs for Wildlife group have written letters to all the Home Offices and Interior Ministries of the EU Member States calling on them to support the EU council's decision to list wildlife trafficking as a priority in the EU's fight against organised and serious...
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MEPs put pressure on Commission for immediate EU ivory ban
This week Catherine Bearder MEP met with the Chinese mission to the EU regarding her letter to President Xi Jinping on the Chinese ivory ban. Mrs Bearder was presented with an informal progress report on the ban. Interestingly the report says: ““It is hoped that the...
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