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Overfishing jeopardizes global food security
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 2:36 pm | World Wildlife Fund
An ever-growing dependence on fish means governments must understand that the current fisheries crisis is an issue of fundamental humanitarian importance. Strong management measures to achieve sustainable fisheries and eradicating unfair competition caused ... More >>
New Enviroschools funding welcomed by WWF
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 5:11 pm | World Wildlife Fund
WWF-New Zealand is welcoming today’s announcement by the Government to reinstate much-needed funding for the Enviroschools and Te Aho Tu Roa initiatives that help children across New Zealand learn the importance of sustainable lifestyles, with ... More >>
Conservation Minister must rethink marine reserve proposal
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 2:46 pm | World Wildlife Fund
After over 17 years of advocating for an Akaroa Harbour marine reserve, a community conservation group has had a major victory after the High Court ordered the Conservation Minister to reconsider their proposal. More >>
Biggest Earth Hour Ever Begins Journey Across the Globe
Sunday, 1 April 2012, 10:38 am | World Wildlife Fund
As Earth Hour begins its monumental journey around the globe, hundreds of millions of people are uniting to demonstrate that we urgently need to take action to protect our planet. More >>
WWF’s Bay of Plenty fund opens to help restoration post-Rena
Thursday, 29 March 2012, 11:49 am | World Wildlife Fund
As Tauranga gets set to lead New Zealand’s Earth Hour celebrations this Sat (31 March), WWF-New Zealand is today launching a $60,000 fund to help communities restoring fragile coastal ecosystems affected by the grounding of the MV Rena and resulting ... More >>
Tauranga to lead NZ Earth Hour 2012 celebrations
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 12:31 pm | World Wildlife Fund
The city of Tauranga will lead New Zealand’s Earth Hour celebrations this year, in special recognition of community action to protect our precious environment. WWF-New Zealand has today announced it is supporting Tauranga to stage a special Earth Hour ... More >>
Rena: Oiled wildlife death toll is ‘tip of the iceberg’, WWF
Friday, 13 January 2012, 11:01 am | World Wildlife Fund
The number of oiled wildlife reported dead is a tiny fraction of the true figure killed by the Rena oil spill, WWF-New Zealand said today. The conservation organisation said that the tragedy should act as a wake up call for Government, and criticized ... More >>
New Zealand urged to commit to ‘Kyoto 2’ climate deal
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 4:06 pm | World Wildlife Fund
In the wake of the Durban Climate talks, which concluded after last minute extensions on Sunday (Dec 11), New Zealand is under overseas scrutiny for its lack of commitment to the European-led proposal to extend the Kyoto Protocol. More >>
WWF: Durban talks opportunity to go past political posturing
Monday, 28 November 2011, 12:23 pm | World Wildlife Fund
The United Nations climate change talks starting today present a unique opportunity for leaders of the world to move beyond political posturing and lay the foundations for an ambitious global climate deal. More >>
WWF dismayed by National Party's climate change policy
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 4:25 pm | World Wildlife Fund
WWF-New Zealand has expressed dismay at the National Party’s climate change policy which has been released today alongside its environment policy. The climate change policy significantly weakens the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), delays the entry ... More >>
Rena oil spill could take years for wildlife/envi to recover
Friday, 14 October 2011, 10:40 am | World Wildlife Fund
Conservation organisation WWF-New Zealand says it could take many years before the full impact of the Rena oil spill on birds and other wildlife is known. More >>
WWF Staff staff in Tauranga to help with oil spill response
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 10:25 am | World Wildlife Fund
WWF-New Zealand staff have this morning arrived in Tauranga to offer their support to the oil spill response efforts taking place in the region. More >>
WWF calls for an end to poaching on Global Tiger Day
Friday, 29 July 2011, 2:34 pm | World Wildlife Fund
The recently publicized death of a tiger caught in a hunter's snare on the Indonesian island of Sumatra highlights the persistent danger the big cats face as the world celebrates Global Tiger Day today. More >>
Government's 50 by 50 target 'totally inadequate', WWF
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 11:49 am | World Wildlife Fund
WWF today branded the government's -50 by 50 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target as 'totally inadequate' as the Minister for Climate Change Issues, Nick Smith, announced it will be brought into law today, speaking at the Climate Change Research Institute ... More >>
WWF urges Kiwis to get creative for a good cause
Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:48 am | World Wildlife Fund
Kiwis have just two weeks to submit their creative entry to WWF-New Zealand's Ocean:Views competition, and WWF is calling on New Zealanders across the country to dive into their creative side, and share their story of what the ocean means to them at www.wwf.org.nz/oceans. More >>
Camera Catches Bulldozer Destroying Tiger Forest
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 5:12 pm | World Wildlife Fund
A video camera trap installed by WWF and partners has captured footage linking the destruction of a crucial Sumatran tiger forest to the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia's Riau Province. More >>
Draft Energy Strategy 'Riddled With Holes'
Friday, 23 July 2010, 4:58 pm | World Wildlife Fund
The Government's draft energy strategy released yesterday for consultation has been criticised by WWF-New Zealand as being 'riddled with holes and dangerously biased towards mineral extraction'. More >>
WWF asks public to report Maui’s dolphin sightings
Thursday, 24 December 2009, 1:57 pm | World Wildlife Fund
WWF is asking communities along the west coast of the North Island to get in touch if they are lucky enough to see rare Maui's dolphins amongst the waves this summer. More >>
Extinction Crisis Continues Apace
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 10:11 am | World Wildlife Fund
Gland, Switzerland, 3 November, 2009 (IUCN) - The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesT shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction. The results reveal 21 percent of all known mammals, ... More >>
WWF Calls On Kiwi Government To Think Global
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 12:31 pm | World Wildlife Fund
Warming in the Arctic could lead to flooding affecting one quarter of the world*s population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools, and extreme global weather changes, according to a new WWF report. More >>
