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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11374
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) biodiversity

Study describes illegal slaughter of birds in Mediterranean as “carnage”

Brussels, 25/08/2015 (Agence Europe) - 25 million birds are being killed illegally every year across the Mediterranean, according to a scientific review by BirdLife International published on Wednesday 19 August. This is the first scientific review of its kind to be carried out in the region by this NGO. It draws up a list of the ten countries with the highest annual rates for illegally killing of birds. Although countries currently hit by conflict, such as Syria and Libya, feature high in...