Photo AICOP17: Yerevan Pathway seeks faster action for nature through 2030The biodiversity convention’s secretariat announces the conference’s conclusion and nearly 50 decisions. New funding commitments do not establish that money has been disbursed.Environment
Photo AICOP17: Yerevan Pathway seeks faster action for nature through 2030The biodiversity convention’s secretariat announces the conference’s conclusion and nearly 50 decisions. New funding commitments do not establish that money has been disbursed.
Photo AIIndonesia: CREA study estimates 3,560 deaths from fire smoke in SeptemberA research estimate for short-term exposure to PM2.5, rather than an individual victim count. Published on 29 October.
Photo AIIonian: environmental study 5A approved — draft presidential decree comes nextThe approval completes the environmental-study groundwork for the marine park, according to the environment ministry.
Photo AIGyaros: management plan in force — visit permits and anchoring rulesThe ministry announced on 26 October the plan published in Gazette D 886/19 October 2026. Its implications for visitors and boats, and the measures requiring further implementation.
Archive photo, 23 April 2014: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · Resized and converted to WebP.Onkalo licensed for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel — checks remainPosiva announced the government licence on 22 October. No exact operational start date was given.
Photo AIPatmos: desalination unit with 600 cubic metres per day deliveredThe Kampos unit was inaugurated on 20 October. On Leros, the 3,000-cubic-metre-per-day water works and a 17 km pipeline remain under construction.
Photo AICopenhagen starts diaper collection; processing plant due in February 2027Bins are being installed in stages from 19 October through late November. The start of collection is separate from the processing plant opening.
Photo AISouthern Cyclades: marine park draft decree submitted to Council of StateA new administrative stage, not an issued decree or immediate commencement of every proposed restriction.
Photo AIMacquarie Island: first H5 bird flu confirmation in elephant seal and gullAustralian authorities confirm detection in a new location; the risk to human health remains low.
Photo AISweden authorises licensed hunting of up to 72 wolves in 2027Regional authorities set a season from 2 January to 15 February, with scope to halt it. WWF warns about the population’s genetic vulnerability.
Photo AISix Greek islands: €6.4m for restoration of closed dumpsMykonos, Tinos, Sifnos, Patmos, Paxos and Kalymnos are included in the Environment Ministry funding call. Completion of the works is the next step.
Photo AIWestern Attica and Thebes: soil protection works across 8,837 stremmataErosion control and small flood protection works are under way in fire-hit areas, with €4.5 million in funding from HELLENiQ PETROLEUM.