Lausanne Launches Urban Bee Conservation Program
City of Lausanne introduces comprehensive urban biodiversity initiative focusing on bee preservation and sustainable urban agriculture

Key Takeaways
- The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention has initiated an investigation into Switzerland's wolf-shooting policy.
- Switzerland must report on its wolf management to the Council of Europe by Spring 2025.
- The Council of Europe lowered the wolf's protection status from 'strictly protected' to 'protected'.
- The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) faced skepticism regarding its presentation in Strasbourg.
By The Numbers
They Said
"In our opinion, such an approach is clearly not compatible with the Bern Convention."
"The downgrading of wolf protection is not a free pass to shoot wolves en masse."