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Underwater clean-ups in Turkey help free the Mediterranean from ghost nets
Fishing gear discarded or lost at sea are a widespread, and often overlooked, global problem. “Ghost nets” or “ghost gear”…
8th June 2021
Celebrate World Environment Day & the Launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th of June each year to raise awareness and generate action on a…
4th June 2021
Experiments in conservation practice
This blog, written by Nancy Ockendon (Science Manager at the Endangered Landscapes Programme) to accompany the release of the open-access…
26th May 2021
Bringing nature back to the Berlengas archipelago
In the first of a series of guest articles called the rewards of nature restoration, Joana Andrade tells us how she…
19th May 2021
Monk seal cave proves popular in Gökova Bay
New footage from Turkey is showing that conservation efforts are paying off, as several Mediterranean monk seals have been spotted…
23rd April 2021
The rewards of nature restoration
Since 1990, our planet has lost over 80 million hectares of old-growth forest. 64% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since 1900. And one million species are currently threatened with extinction. In Europe, nature is in…
12th April 2021
ELP launches new video for Earth Optimism
From 26 March – 4 April 2021, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative hosted ‘Earth Optimism Cambridge’– a ten-day festival which aimed…
7th April 2021
Nature-based economy strengthened in Portugal’s Côa Valley with launch of new network
Nature-based businesses often operate more effectively when they work together, multiplying the benefits for themselves, their clients as well as…
26th March 2021
Polesia project celebrates as nature reserve granted further protection
The ELP-funded Polesia project, a transboundary initiative which stretches across Belarus and Ukraine, is celebrating a huge win, as Almany Mires…
18th March 2021
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021: Choose to Challenge
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day, 8th March 2021, by recognising the dedicated and ambitious women leading landscape restoration…
8th March 2021