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24 May 2008
Human well-being better in a better protected environment
Bonn, May 22, 2008 – Well planned and managed protected areas can play a key role in reducing poverty, with the relationship strengthened when well-being is measured as more than just income, according to a new analysis by WWF “But it is vital that those involved in establishing and managing protected areas remember that people are also part of the landscape,” said WWF's Liza Higgins-Zogib. » Read more
22 May 2008
Basic food crops dangerously vulnerable
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 – As a deadly new strain of Black Stem Rust devastates wheat harvests across Africa and Arabia, and threatens the staple food supply of a billion people from Egypt to Pakistan, the areas where potentially crop and life-saving remnant wild wheat relatives grow are only minimally protected. » Read more
19 May 2008
Environmental protection vital to reducing natural disaster impact: WWF
Bonn, May 20, 2008 – Environmental degradation is a key factor turning extreme weather events into natural disasters, a new WWF report has found. WWF is urging governments to create suitable protected areas and to maintaining natural ecosystems, such as coastal mangroves, coral reefs, floodplains and forest, that may help buffer against natural hazards.
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25 Mar 2008
APP irregularities threaten massive climate and tiger impact
Pekanbaru, INDONESIA – One of the world’s biggest carbon stores and a key tiger habitat are threatened by a new logging road in Riau Province, Sumatra, according to an investigative report published today.
An absence of permits and other irregularities suggest that the new road cutting into Kampar peninsula is likely to be illegal, says Riau’s Eyes on the Forest group, a coalition of local NGO network Jikalahari, Walhi Riau, and WWF-Indonesia. » Read more
05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.
The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more
13 Feb 2008
India's tigers at risk - census confirms
The long-awaited India Tiger Estimation, released yesterday by the government of India, shows the country more at risk of losing its national symbol to poaching and habitat loss, WWF India said yesterday.
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02 Feb 2008
Congo Wetlands reserve to be world's second largest
WWF has welcomed the World Wetlands Day declaration of the world’s second largest internationally recognized and protected significant wetlands reserve in the Congo as a clear sign of the world’s increasing interest in the green heart of Africa. » Read more
30 Jan 2008
Indigenous peoples win conservation successes in Chile
A near 20 year struggle for land rights and conservation of their rare Araucaria forests for an indigenous Pehuenche community of the Andes range has been rewarded with a grant of title to 22,000 acres of land in southern Chile. » Read more
24 Jan 2008
Bulgaria's Rila Park hangs by a Thread
Organisations from across Europe criticise the Bulgarian government while hundreds of Bulgarians take to the streets to dispel "evil spirits" and save Bulgaria's largest national park.
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05 Nov 2007
Europe must take responsibility for global forest protection
With the world's forests facing ever increasing threats from climate change and pressing demands such as bio-fuels, WWF is calling on Europe, as a major wood importer and consumer, to take more responsibility in tackling deforestation.
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