Wolf future at risk: politics not science, behind Commission’s downgrade plan. Decision on the EU proposal due on 2 – 6 December 2024 at the Bern Convention

Brussels, 21 November 2024 – Environmental Association Green Impact, together with Great Lakes and Wetlands and others, denounced the lack of science-backing and breach of democratic process stemming from the European Commission’s proposal to weaken the legal protection of the European Grey wolf (Canis lupus).

The associations called on Mikaël Poutiers, the Secretary General of the Bern Convention (on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats), not to allow a vote at the forthcoming Standing Committee December meeting