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BRUSSELS – The Member States of the European Union (EU) at present authorized, on the ambassador degree, the discount of the strict safety degree of the wolf, proposed by the European Fee, however which nonetheless wants worldwide inexperienced mild.
The proposal handed within the Coreper (the place the ambassadors of the 27 to the EU are represented) with a certified majority, together with the favorable vote of Portugal, in accordance with a European supply, the place the wolf is assessed as a strictly protected species, beneath Legislation no. 90/88 of August 13 and Decree-Legislation 54/2016 of August 02.
The EU desires the wolf’s safety degree to stop being ‘strict’ and change into easy, which facilitates the removing of people when the inhabitants grows too massive, a choice defended by the agricultural sector and contested by environmentalists.
This place nonetheless must be authorized by the Bern Conference on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Pure Habitats.
The European Fee, which proposed this variation in December, reacted by saying, by means of a spokesperson, that “adapting the safety standing will probably be an necessary step in addressing the challenges posed by the growing wolf populations, whereas sustaining the general aim of attaining and sustaining a good conservation standing of the species.” (25/09/24)
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