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In partnership with The European Commission

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This project is waging war on the plastic that poisons our rivers

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LIVES, a pioneering European project, is tackling the massive problem of plastic in cross-border rivers and streams. So far a staggering 260 tons of waste has been removed.

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The law codifies the lagoon's right "to exist as an ecosystem and to evolve naturally."

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Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 18 per cent compared to last year, while deforestation is at a record high, according to Greenpeace Brazil.

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The environmental organisation dropped the rocks in an area of the South West Deeps Conservation Zone, some 190 kilometres off the English coast.

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A group of around 100 boats reportedly gathered in the specially protected area for a concert.

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Traditional fishing and aquaculture: in harmony with nature

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Professional fishers and fish farmers in parts of Spain and the Czech Republic are going about their business in a way that is both eco-friendly and able to earn them a living.

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A traditional form of aquaculture practiced aross the European Union for centuries is beneficial to the environment, biodiversity, and local communities

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"As we saw the plastic pollution problem, my family and I realised that we needed to do something about it because this was our home and it is everyone's home."

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