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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11500

27 February 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) biodiversity
Commission proposes action plan against environmental crime of wildlife trafficking

Brussels, 26/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - The time has come for the EU to get tough on the trafficking of wild species of flora and fauna, which is destroying global biodiversity, and crack down on these illegal activities which are all part of organised crime, the European Commission says.

The action plan to tackle the trafficking in species of wildlife under threat of extinction, which was adopted by the college on Friday 26 February, aims to give the EU the resources in line with its...

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ECONOMY
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SECTORAL POLICIES
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
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