In its latest global assessment, the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) showed that human activity has already altered 75% of terrestrial environments and 66% of marine environments. It also revealed that about a million species of animal and plant species – out of the eight million known – are now endangered(1). […]
Read articleEnvironmental matters are more central than ever to issues surrounding the seas and oceans. In late 2018, the French government’s Strategic Contract for Maritime Industries placed particular emphasis on the decarbonisation of propulsion and on-board energy (‘green ships’), as well as the environmental footprint of shipyards (‘smart yards’). These topics were discussed in depth in […]
Read articleThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been assessing the overall conservation status of plant and animal species worldwide for more than 50 years. The IUCN Red List shows that one in four species of mammal, more than one in three amphibians and more than one in eight birds are now threatened with extinction on a global scale.
Read articleEven if Pollutec is known and recognised to have borne the emergence and acknowledgement of new and breakthrough technologies, the show has also been where methodological and conceptual discussions have taken place.
Read articleThe French biodiversity agency (AFB) was established on 1 January 2017. Under the aegis of the French Ministry of the Environment, its role it to monitor the environment and to be the first point of contact for the public and professionals. But do you know all the areas in which the AFB works?
Read articleEuropean Union commitments to the marine environment takes timid steps At the end of July the European Commission published a report on the assessment of Member States’ programmes of measures under the 2008 “Marine Strategy Framework Directive”(1). The least that can be said is that there has not been much enthusiasm from the 23 States […]
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