Trade & Investment News & Publications
05 May 2008
Small Boats, Big Problems
While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels. But small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as the big trawlers. WWF argues that relaxing WTO rules for 'small boats' has no basis in sound policy and runs the risk of introducing a dangerous loophole in WTO fisheries subsidies rules. » Read more
Small Boats, Big Problems
While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and over capacity, many demand the right to continue subsidising 'small' vessels. But small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as the big trawlers. WWF argues that relaxing WTO rules for 'small boats' has no basis in sound policy and runs the risk of introducing a dangerous loophole in WTO fisheries subsidies rules. » Read more
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
12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » 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
20 Feb 2008
EU exporting climate pollution to emerging economies
Europeans are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions produced not only in Europe but in other rapidly industrialising countries because of their consumption and trade patterns. This occurs through imports of goods manufactured with carbon-intensive technologies in other areas of the world to satisfy European consumer demands, according to a new WWF report. » Read more
20 Feb 2008
Rethink Investment in (South) Africa
This report is the second in a series of reports by WWF's Trade and Investment Programme (TIP), on the flows of investment between developing nations, and analyses the nature of inward investment into Africa as a whole, and South Africa in particular. The report investigates the resource-intensive nature of foreign direct investment into Africa, which has in the past originated primarily from former colonial powers, but which is increasingly being dominated by firms from China and India, as these rapidly developing economies seek to secure sources of supply of raw materials. » Read more
06 Feb 2008
South Asian nations pledge cooperation on rampant wildlife trade
Kathmandu, Nepal – All eight South Asian nations have agreed to step up cooperation in addressing wildlife trade problems in the area, home to such rare and prized species as tigers, snow leopards, and one-horned rhinoceroses and recognized as one of the prime targets of international organized wildlife crime networks. » Read more
30 Jan 2008
WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Elements of the Chair's Draft
On Jan. 29, 2008, UNEP and WWF, in collaboration with Oceana and ICTSD organised a Technical and Informal Workshop on WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Elements of the Chair's Draft.
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WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Elements of the Chair's Draft
On Jan. 29, 2008, UNEP and WWF, in collaboration with Oceana and ICTSD organised a Technical and Informal Workshop on WTO Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies: Elements of the Chair's Draft.
» Read more
12 Dec 2007
New WTO rules aim to end subsidies that drive overfishing
“On first look, this is a serious and constructive text,” said WWF Senior Fellow David Schorr, “It clearly reflects the progress that has been achieved in these negotiations so far. » Read more
New WTO rules aim to end subsidies that drive overfishing
“On first look, this is a serious and constructive text,” said WWF Senior Fellow David Schorr, “It clearly reflects the progress that has been achieved in these negotiations so far. » Read more
03 Oct 2007
Sustainability criteria for fisheries subsidies: Options for the WTO and beyond
This WWF–UNEP report provides an analysis of the fisheries conditions and management practices that could guide both WTO negotiators and domestic policymakers in designing criteria for the use of subsidies. » Read more
Sustainability criteria for fisheries subsidies: Options for the WTO and beyond
This WWF–UNEP report provides an analysis of the fisheries conditions and management practices that could guide both WTO negotiators and domestic policymakers in designing criteria for the use of subsidies. » Read more
