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Passing Of Prince Philip: Emeritus President Of WWF-International And An Important Figure In The Carpathian Convention
Saturday, 10 April 2021, 4:53 pm | WWF
We express our deep regret for the passing of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Emeritus President of the WWF-International. Prince Philip's efforts on behalf of WWF were vital - visiting WWF projects in over fifty countries on five continents, ... More >>
Earth Hour 2021: Shining A Spotlight On Our Ailing Planet
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 11:23 am | WWF
On Saturday, 27 March at 8:30 p.m., New Zealanders will switch off their lights for one hour to celebrate Earth Hour — one of the world’s largest grassroots movements for the environment. More >>
€672.5B Is At Stake - Decisions Behind Closed Doors Could Hinder An Efficient Green Recovery In Central & Eastern Europe
Friday, 8 January 2021, 6:32 am | WWF
Central and Eastern Europe’s unambitious and vague Green Recovery plans would perpetuate the unsustainable status-quo. Member States in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) did not properly engage stakeholders and citizens when developing the ... More >>
An EU Sustainable Taxonomy MUST Be Rooted In Climate And Environmental Science And Not Include Small Hydro
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:36 am | WWF
The global climate strikes have consistently made a simple demand: listen to the science. We agree. Just as experts and evidence have been key assets in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, so too must they, and not sectoral interests, determine our ... More >>
WWF-New Zealand Reaction To Government's Climate Change Emergency Declaration
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 2:36 pm | WWF
"We are pleased the Government has declared a climate emergency. Admitting there's a problem is the first step. However, taking action is when real, positive change will come. Climate Change will soon impact every aspect of our lives. WWF's ... More >>
Lime And WWF Work Together To Create Healthier, More Livable Cities
Friday, 27 November 2020, 8:54 am | WWF
Lime and WWF-New Zealand are bringing the Ride Green initiative to Aotearoa. The initiative includes an education drive to promote cleaner modes of transportation as well as local grassroots advocacy to advance more sustainable urban mobility and ... More >>
Over One Million Turtles, Seals, Dolphins And Seabirds Killed Each Year By Fishing
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 3:10 pm | WWF
WWF and Sky Ocean Rescue’s latest report shows why cameras on fishing boats are essential to monitor and protect marine wildlife Hundreds of thousands of endangered marine animals are dying unnecessarily every year as a result of being accidentally ... More >>
WWF-New Zealand Joins The Fight To Clean Up Deadly Marine Plastic Debris
Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 8:36 am | WWF
‘Ghost Gear’ Is Haunting Our Oceans And Seas Our oceans are being haunted by ‘Ghost Gear’. This abandoned or lost fishing gear is the deadliest form of plastic debris for marine life and is trashing our ocean and beaches around ... More >>
700 Russian Sturgeons Successfully Released Into The Danube River
Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 6:07 am | WWF
The action contributes to the cross-border effort to increase the number of sturgeons in the Danube River. Seven hundred Russian sturgeons were released into the Danube on October 16, one week before the World Fish Migration Day (October 24). This is ... More >>
Ill-Conceived Flood Control System Is Halted On Hajógyári Island In The Hungarian Danube
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:10 am | WWF
The drastic reduction of wetland areas, pollution, overexploitation of freshwater resources and alteration of wetland habitats for decades has resulted in negative impacts to the Danube Basin ecosystem and the millions who depend on it. If the planned ... More >>
WWF’s Living Planet Report Reveals Average Two-thirds Decline In Wildlife Populations Since 1970
Friday, 11 September 2020, 7:18 am | WWF
According to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 released today, global populations* of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century. The decline is due in large part to the very ... More >>
How Floodplains Clean The Water Of The Danube: New Project For The Danube Basin
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:46 am | WWF
How do floodplain areas along the Danube contribute to improving water quality, and how can diverse interests be taken into account in their transboundary management? These questions are being addressed by a consortium funded by the European Union ... More >>
100-Year-Old Hungarian Forest At Tiszaug Falls Victim To Illegal Clear-Cutting, Again
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 7:01 am | WWF
Another illegal clear-cutting took place in a protected state forest area near Tiszaug in August. There was no serious prosecution after the first incident in January. According to WWF-Hungary , the current sad example also proves that as long as flood ... More >>
Hazardous Dredging Begun In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 7:48 am | WWF
In Ukraine, dredging of the Pripyat River has been launched at eight sites planned for this year. This work is being carried out as part of the restoration of a bilateral waterway between Ukraine and Belarus, and is being seen as the first steps of the ... More >>
WWF-New Zealand Is Taking A Stand For Our Ocean
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 1:23 pm | WWF
This election, WWF is amplifying the voices of New Zealanders as they call for a better protected ocean. On Monday 31 August, WWF-New Zealand launched a new digital campaign, demanding our political leaders finally make ocean health an election issue ... More >>
22 August - The World Starts Living On Borrowed Time
Friday, 21 August 2020, 10:32 am | WWF
We are a day away from when our planet starts living on borrowed time. Earth Overshoot Day 2020 is August 22. This is the day when humanity has used all of our planet’s natural ecological resources and moves into overdraft. The costs of this global ecological ... More >>
COVID-19 Has Caused Humanity’s Ecological Footprint To Contract By 3 Weeks
Friday, 14 August 2020, 7:10 am | WWF
Earth Overshoot Day 2020: August 22 Even though there has been an incredible cost to human life and the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, our ecological footprint in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has still more-or-less remained where it was ... More >>
In First-Ever Global Assessment, Over 500 New Dams Planned Within Protected Areas
Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 5:06 am | WWF
Two hydropower projects are threatening Natura 2000 sites in Romania: one in Defileul Jiului National Park and the other in Răstolia. Dams are one of the main factors in the 76% collapse in freshwater migratory fish populations since 1970. 509 dams ... More >>
Landmark Slovak Court Decision On Small Hydropower
Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:20 am | WWF
Court Decision in Small Hydropower Case: The Public Interest Takes Precedent over Private Business The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic definitively stopped the licensing of a small hydroelectric power plant in Žiar nad Hronom, Central Slovakia. ... More >>
Eight New Bison Contribute To The Largest Free-Roaming Population In Romania
Friday, 24 July 2020, 6:51 am | WWF
Bison are a key species that sculpts the ecosystem and influences biodiversity Eight new bison, the largest land mammal in Europe, have reached Bison Hillock, in Armeni, Romania where they will soon join the other 57 free-roaming individuals in the Southern ... More >>
