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WWF calls for extension to protect Maui's
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 9:56 am | WWF
WWF says a Waitara resident's recent sighting of a rare Maui's dolphin off the Taranaki coast is further evidence that the critically endangered dolphins range further than the limits of the current protected area. More >>
Schoolchildren cast their vote on climate change
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 2:37 pm | WWF
Local Wellington school children, representing young people from across the country, have today (Tues) cast their vote for the future of the planet in a giant Earth-shaped ballot box in the capital - ahead of next week's crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen. More >>
Dolphin high court hearing closes
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 2:33 pm | WWF
A fishing industry bid to strip away protection for our endangered Hector*s and Maui*s dolphins ended in the Wellington High Court yesterday, where lawyers for the Federation of Commercial Fishermen attempted to block proposed bans on set netting and inshore ... More >>
Earth Hour 2009 - the countdown starts now.
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:20 pm | WWF
Tomorrow evening (Saturday), New Zealanders will be the first in the world to turn off their lights at the start of an extraordinary act of global solidarity and co-operation, involving nearly 3,000 towns and cities and a billion people around the world. More >>
Earth Hour is good for business
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 4:57 pm | WWF
With just four days to go to WWF’s Earth Hour™ 2009, a diverse group of New Zealand businesses have committed to switching off lights and signage to show their support for action on climate change. More >>
Win a Toyota Prius by signing up to Earth Hour
Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 2:04 pm | WWF
Committing to WWF’s Earth Hour™ could win one lucky online participant a new Toyota Prius™. More >>
Buy rare bag, save rare dolphins
Friday, 20 February 2009, 9:16 am | WWF
Now you can help WWF save Maui*s and Hector*s dolphins and look good while you*re doing it. More >>
EU plan to save sharks needs more teeth
Saturday, 7 February 2009, 2:40 pm | WWF
Brussels, 5 February 2009—The European Commission today announced a new Action Plan to protect sharks in European waters, which has been broadly welcomed by WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. More >>
Illegal salmon pays the bills in Kamchatka
Friday, 30 January 2009, 9:59 am | WWF
Moscow, Russia, 29 January 2009—Villagers in the Kamchatka peninsula are reliant on poaching salmon as almost their sole source of income, finds a new report launched today by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network and WWF-Russia. More >>
Make a green New Year resolution
Saturday, 20 December 2008, 3:08 pm | WWF
Conservation groups are reporting that 2009 is set to be a pivotal year in New Zealand's sustainable revolution. Green living has now gone mainstream, and it's everyday people that are leading it. More >>
Putting the green back into nature
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 9:14 am | WWF
What do deerstalkers in the Manawatu, the Coromandel Area School Year Nine class and a group of neighbours in the Far North have in common? More >>
New Zealanders have world’s 6th largest footprint
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:25 pm | WWF
New Zealand’s ecological footprint per capita is now ranked sixth largest in the world according WWF’s Living Planet Report released today, 29 October 2008. More >>
Living Planet analysis: looming ecological crunch
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 2:23 pm | WWF
The world is heading for an ecological credit crunch as human demands on the world's natural capital reach nearly a third more than earth can sustain. More >>
Court ruling - more endangered dolphins will die
Monday, 29 September 2008, 4:20 pm | WWF
A high court ruling is likely to mean at least 30 Hector’s dolphins die in commercial set nets over the next three months, says global conservation organisation WWF. More >>
Maui’s Dolphins Get Lifeguard Service
Monday, 8 September 2008, 3:25 pm | WWF
Conservation Week brings good news for New Zealand’s critically endangered Maui’s dolphins – they now have 850 west coast lifeguards looking out for them. More >>
WWF: G8 Nations Lagging In Climate Change Race
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 9:28 pm | WWF
None of the leading industrialized nations are currently on target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid the threshold level for unacceptable risk of catastrophic climate change, according to new research into national policies and performance. More >>
Climate Performance: G8 Climate Scorecards 2008
Sunday, 6 July 2008, 9:25 pm | WWF
Climate performance of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and Unites States of America. Background information for China, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa. Climate change is a serious and urgent threat to global society. More >>
New protection for dolphins not enough says WWF
Friday, 30 May 2008, 9:41 am | WWF
WWF has welcomed today's decision from the Government to bring in new protection for Hector's and Maui's dolphins as a 'good first step' but says there is much further to go to save the species More >>
Art imitates life as rare dolphins go missing
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 10:52 am | WWF
It seems even manmade Maui’s dolphins are threatened with extinction. Six life-size Maui’s have been stolen from WWF’s ‘Stop Their Extinction’ campaign installation in Auckland, nearly wiping them out altogether. Just two dolphins were left. More >>
Tide of dolphin deaths must end complacency
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:21 am | WWF
The recent deaths of 22 common dolphins in trawl nets off the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island must end any remaining complacency over marine mammal conservation. More >>
