Environmental conservation work in Austria


Latest news and publications


 
The  Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

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

 
Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

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

 
WWF points out that the over-exploitation of fossil fuels - such as coal, gas and oil - is putting the whole of humanity under threat from climate change.

13 Feb 2008
HP commits to further GHG emissions reductions in joining WWF Climate Savers
HP, one of the world's largest IT companies, has pledged to reduce the emissions from its own operations and the use of its products to 6 million tonnes below 2005 levels by 2010.
» Read more

New or updated projects

Management of the Tisza River Floodplains

 

Wild River Landscapes of the Lech Valley - a LIFE Project



Contact

Andreas Wurzer
(Conservation Director)
WWF Austria,
Vienna

T: +43 1 488 17 255

Website

Offices

WWF Austria,
Alpine Programme,
Innsbruck

Brixner Straße 4/9 6020 Innsbruck Austria
Austria

T: +43 512 57 35 34
F: +43 512 57 35 34
 
WWF Austria,
Vienna

Ottakringer Strasse 114-116 1160 Vienna
Austria

T: +43 1 488 17 0
F: +43 1 488 17 44

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