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Loggers & Roads Endanger Tigers, Tribes Of Sumatra
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 3:46 pm | WWF
"We urge APP and its partners to stop clearing any more natural forest whose ecological, environmental and cultural conservation values have not been determined and to stop sourcing any of its purchased wood from such forests," Ian Kosasih said. More >>
New National Park For Russian Northern Amur Tigers
Saturday, 22 December 2007, 2:32 pm | WWF
Endangered northern Amur tigers received a boost to their protection with the creation of a new national park in Khabarovsk province in the Russian Far East where tiger habitats face extreme pressures from uncontrolled logging, construction & wildfires. More >>
Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal Plants
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 8:48 am | WWF
On some estimates, 15,000 of the 50,000 - 70,000 plant species used for medicinal purposes and mostly collected from the wild may be threatened, many as a direct result of unsustainable collection practices. More >>
Indonesia: Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions
Monday, 17 December 2007, 6:32 am | WWF
"In the last 35 years about 50,000 orangutans are estimated to have been lost as their habitats shrank. If this continues, this majestic creature will likely face extinction by 2050," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang. More >>
WWF: Antarctic Penguins In Peril As Climate Warms
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 6:33 pm | WWF
Warmer winter temperatures and stronger winds mean penguins have to raise their chicks on increasingly thinner sea ice. For many years, sea ice has broken off early and many eggs and chicks have been blown away before ready to survive. More >>
Climate Change Speeds Up Amazon's Destruction
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 6:17 pm | WWF
The WWF report, The Amazon's Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire in the Greenhouse, reveals the dramatic consequences for the local and global climate as well as the impacts on people's livelihoods in South America. More >>
Protecting Old-Growth Forests In Poland
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 10:44 am | WWF
In February 2007, a report by Poland's public audit body, the Supreme Chamber of Control, exposed inadequacies concerning forest management in the country's most valuable forest areas. More >>
Russian Salmon figures don’t add up
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:32 am | WWF
East Asian countries are importing between 50 and 90% more Russian Sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught, according to a new report from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF. More >>
New Curriculum’s focus on sustainability
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 1:57 pm | WWF
In unveiling a new national Curriculum today which has ecological sustainability as one of its key values the government has taken a vital step in securing a brighter future for generations to come. More >>
Southern Bluefin Tuna fleets endanger wildlife
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 12:03 am | WWF
Gland, Switzerland - Thousands of seabirds, and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles, are caught and killed each year in long-line fisheries targeting Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT), reveals a new WWF report. More >>
Last Minute Lifeline For NZ's Endangered Dolphins
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:16 am | WWF
29/08/2007 WWF is urging the government to offer real protection for endangered Hector's and Maui 's dolphins, by adopting the most effective options in proposals announced today. More >>
Scientists Find Endangered Grey-Shanked Doucs
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 10:46 am | WWF
Tam Ky, Quang Nam, Vietnam (July 3rd, 2007) - A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI) has discovered the world's largest known population of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix cinerea), increasing chances that the Endangered ... More >>
50,000 Undiscovered New Zealanders Live In Our Sea
Friday, 29 June 2007, 4:16 pm | WWF
50,000 undiscovered New Zealanders live in our seas, marine scientists reveal Hidden treasures of the sea: watery depths home to 50,000 undiscovered New Zealanders, say leading marine scientists More >>
G8 closer to cooler world
Monday, 11 June 2007, 4:45 pm | WWF
Heiligendamm, Germany - The G8 agreement on climate change contains important steps forward with all G8 countries agreeing to negotiate a UN deal to reduce emissions in the long-term by 2009, says WWF. Heads of State, however, failed to give concrete ... More >>
Update 3: 14th Conference Of The Parties To Cites
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 3:28 pm | WWF
Kenya submitted a proposal to repeal a resolution adopted at CoP13 which approved an annual export quota of five hunting trophies of adult male black rhinoceros from South Africa and five from Namibia. More >>
Disturbed, hungry, lost: climate change and whales
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 1:15 pm | WWF
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) ahead of the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission. More >>
5-year deadline for decisions on climate change
Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 1:49 pm | WWF
Governments need to take key decisions within five years on how to tackle climate change to cope with an expected doubling of energy demand over the next 50 years, the environmental group WWF said Tuesday. More >>
WWF-New Zealand welcomes govt increase in aid
Monday, 14 May 2007, 4:35 pm | WWF
Today's announcement that the New Zealand government is increasing overseas development assistance has been welcomed by global conservation organization WWF. More >>
Give your mum something really special – a dolphin
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 2:58 pm | WWF
The Adopt a Hector's package from WWF-New Zealand is the perfect present for the mum who has everything – while at the same time helping WWF-New Zealand protect our iconic and endangered dolphin – Hector's dolphin. More >>
Clock ticking to save Mediterranean bluefin tuna
Monday, 16 April 2007, 1:41 pm | WWF
THE ISSUE: In less than a month, the bluefin tuna fishing season in the Mediterranean will begin. In recent years, high-tech fishing fleets have hunted down, often illegally, ever-declining numbers of these ocean giants. Last November, the International Commission ... More >>
