How environmental crime became an EU security priority for 2018-21

The next goal for conservation NGOs is to ensure the EU’s raw ivory export ban is actually implemented. An EU public consultation on ivory is expected soon. [USFWS Mountain-Prairie / Flickr]

euractive_In May 2017, EU justice ministers decided that environmental crimes – including wildlife trafficking and waste crimes – would be one of the EU’s ten priorities for the fight against serious and organised crime during the 2018-21 policy cycle. Catherine Bearder evokes how this decision came to being.
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VN needs environmental security strategy: experts

Last update 09:40 | 07/10/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs a national strategy to combine environmental protection with socio-economic development policies, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, president of the Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment said in a talk held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment in Ha Noi recently. 

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Despite many bilateral and multilateral co-operation mechanisms on water resource development and protection, Viet Nam still lacks the ability to maintain autonomy and satisfy its water needs. — Photo giaothongvantai.vn

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