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Sea Shepherd’s fight against ghost nets

Since April 2025, crew members from Sea Shepherd Germany have been touring selected cities with their new documentary ‘Geisternetze – Kampf um die Ostsee’ to draw attention to the alarming state of the Baltic Sea. The last screening for the time being will take place on 23 May 2025 at GEOMAR in Kiel.

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Supply chain of horror

Supply chain of horror From the Brazilian rainforest to German groundwater fits in: Blog: New EU environmental law equates destruction of nature with war crimes

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Climate protection lawsuits

Out of 10,000 people surveyed in the EU, two thirds currently believe that neither political institutions, authorities nor economic players are doing a good job with the energy transition.

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ein Bauer mit einem Traktor der ein Maisfeld bearbeitet
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Bumblebees without future

The controversial herbicide glyphosate is due to expire in the EU in mid-December 2023. It is currently unclear whether the authorisation will be extended for another five years. Assessments by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which are relevant in this context, do not see this as a problem.1

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A dead bumblebee on pebble surface
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Bumblebees in danger

When hearing or reading about declining bee populations, most people think of our honeybees. But here in Europe, honeybees are not actually wild bees; they live largely under the care of beekeepers – and, in most countries, their populations are actually not in decline.

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Nahaufnahme von Honigbienen die tagsüber aus einem Loch in einer Holzoberfläche unter dem Sonnenlicht fliegen.
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The little bumblebee 1×1

Bumblebees are probably the best known of our wild bees. They differ from most wild bee species in that they are social. This means that they do not live alone (solitary), but in community – in the bumblebee colony.

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A porpoise is entangled in a fishing net and is lifted out of the sea water.
ANIMAL HEALTH

Guest article: small whale in big trouble

With a petition initiated by marine conservation activist Maximilian Gabriel, WDC and Deutsche Umwelthilfe, we demand that Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner immediately ban gillnets from protected areas.

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