Dams accused of role in flooding
Research shows that dams, built with the promise of reducing flooding, can often exacerbate the problem.
New wave of flamingo deaths worries scientists
Nairobi, Kenya: The spectacular lesser flamingos in Kenya's Lake Bogoria and Lake Nakuru are dying yet again as scientists battle to establish the enigmatic cause of death.
Innovative GIS project model for the natural and cultural mapping of wetlands
In 1999, WWF helped set up a project that represented a unique marriage between Aboriginal traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and the latest in western technology.
Blue Danube, Black Sea: a portrait of the Danube Delta
The delta of the River danube remains one of Europe's best-kept secrets. While other parts of the continent suffer severe degradation this most secret corner has its own success story.
965 Indus dolphins counted in latest survey
They're blind, they swim on their side, and they are found nowhere else in the world: a census of the Indus dolphin, the world's rarest freshwater dolphin, has just been completed.
Iceland: will Norsk Hydro support wilderness destruction?
The multinational company Norsk Hydro could become an accomplice in the destruction of one of Europe's most important wilderness areas, WWF, the conservation organization, said today.
The real cost of bottled water
Gland, Switzerland - In light of a new independent study WWF, the conservation organization, is urging people to drink tap water, which is often as good as bottled water, for the benefit of the environment and their wallets.
The Danube River needs support now says WWF
Commitments made at a successful Danube-Carpathian summit on conservation and sustainable development must be backed up with international support says WWF.
Floods and landslides symptoms of ailing ecosystem
WWF Malaysia has called on authorities to regulate highland development as part of its short and long term flood mitigating measures in the country.
WWF honours Eastern European action for wetlands
WWF honours the governments of Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine for their commitment to create Europe's largest, cross-border wetlands protection and restoration initiative.