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Intended as “a global rallying cry to heal our planet”, the UN has dedicated the years 2021 to 2030 to ecosystem restoration. Ringing in this next important chapter, it’s time to scale up action to save peatlands from degradation. Solutions are within reach. more →

International Day of Forests 2019: Spot “ON” for the last remaining afromontane cloud forests in Ethiopia’s South-West. NABU preserves these unique forest landscapes with participatory nature conservation measures.
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ITB 2019: Amazing landscapes and rare wildlife – nature that captures a traveller’s heart is often highly endangered and under threat. Learn how to protect these travel highlights at the ITB Berlin on March 9th and 10th 2019. more →

2018 was a bad year for Hector’s dolphins. Overall, 12 of 16 reported deaths with a known or likely cause were the result of fishing. more →

The Aida Nova is the world's only liquefied natural gas (LGN) cruise ship. She is unfortunately an exception, because all the others continue to drive with the dirtiest of all fuels: heavy oil. more →

Joachim Rukwied, President of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), denies that agriculture bears most of the responsibility for the ongoing extinction of species. He defends a system of subsidies that has been shown to damage the environment, farmers, and tax payers. more →

Pollution from the cruise ship industry is still massive, despite claims newer vessels are clean and green. No company comes recommended in NABU’s 2017 cruise ship rankings, which show just how little progress companies have made towards cutting pollution. more →

Covert exhaust measurements conducted by the ARD consumer TV show “Plusminus” expose the “showcase ship” of the AIDA Cruises fleet of ships as a true polluter. The AIDA Prima is not nearly as clean as the company claims. On the contrary: The ship’s chimney belches out a lot of smoke. more →

NABU finds its criticism confirmed that cruise ships’ exhaust gases not only severely damage the environment but also harm human health. Undercover air tests on the passenger deck of a European cruise ship now unveiled high loads of health damaging ultra-fine particles in the ambient air. more →

The 66 billion dollar record takeover of Monsanto, orchestrated by the Bayer CEO Baumann, stands in conflict with the demands of environmentalists and consumers throughout the world who want farming that is environmentally safe, and free of toxic substances and genetic modification. more →

From an environmental and health point of view none of the european cruise ships is recommendable at the moment. That is the result of the NABU cruise ship ranking 2016. more →

NABU has officially opened the Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve together with the Amhara Regional Government. High-ranking guests took part in the event in Bahir Dar, the regional capital on the shores lake Tana. more →

NABU is asking all member states of the EU to take up action on proper implementation of SECAs for the shipping sector. During an expert discussion in the European Parliament NABU criticised the fact that there is virtually no surveillance scheme in place to control if ships meet the required bunker quality standards when sailing the North and Baltic Sea or the English Channel. more →

The cruise ships of the leading providers become cleaner, but still there are too few ships with environmental friendly emission abatement technique. This is a result of the current cruise ship ranking presented by NABU. more →