The European Commission has adopted this week a proposal for a new EU Directive to crack down on environmental crime. The SWiPE project has engaged in the consultation process and considers the revision an important step, given that the evaluation published in October 2020 found that the Directive has not fully met its objectives and […]
SWiPE organized together with the European Bureau for Conservation and Development an online event to discuss opportunities for joint efforts to fight these crimes. The event was presented by MEP Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA) and included the participation of representatives from relevant institutions as DG JUST (EC), CITES (DG ENV, EC), OCLAESP (French gendarmerie), WWF and […]
The SWiPE LIFE project launches its campaign to draw social and political attention and raise awareness of the true impact of wildlife crimes in Europe. Wildlife crimes, such as illegal killing, poisoning, trapping or illegal trade of species constitute a major threat to many of the planet’s species. In fact, unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade […]
Thursday 14 October 2021, 15:00 – 17:00 CEST Online event hosted by: MEP Eleonora Evi CLICK HERE TO FIND THE RECORDING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS Unprecedented levels of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife have greatly increased high-level political attention around the globe to this issue. The EU’s response to this crisis was in part the […]
WWF Spain launches the campaign Poison Sentinels, a pilot case within the SWiPE project to show the potential of birds equipped with GPS devices to fight poisoning and other wildlife crimes. The illegal use of poisoned baits is a crime that kills animals indiscriminately, seriously threatens biodiversity and involves a hazard to public health. Perpetrators […]