Green Week 2015 tackles declining biodiversity as new data reveals birds and marine life threatened with extinction (European Commission - Directorate-General for the Environment)

(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for the Environment) Nearly 15% of birds in the EU are threatened with extinction, as well as 7.5% of all marine fish species in European waters, according to new reports published today by the European Commission. Green Week 2015,Europe's biggest conference dedicated to environment policy which opens today,will look at the reasons behind these trends and ways to fight back against declining biodiversity. The three-day conference is free and open to all. All sessions are web-streamed. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, responsible for sustainable development, said: "We need to...