French community cites Global Assessment in decision to appeal court decision allowing the extraction of shellfish sand in Lannion Bay

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Lannion-Trégor community in North-Western France has decided to appeal a decision rendered by the Administrative Court of Rennes based on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment. The Court initially rejected the community’s request to prevent the extraction of shellfish sand in Lannion Bay. In the reasoning behind their appeal, the community voices strong concerns that the project will negatively impact local ecosystems and species and claim that the Court remains “deaf to the alarming conclusions of the IPBES on the collapse of biodiversity including marine biodiversity due to certain human activities.”