Working for the environment in the Mediterranean region

Mediterranean bluefin tuna is on the verge of collapse - pirate fishing is rife, fleets are far too big, and quotas ignore scientific advice. WWF is urging global consumers to pledge they will join a boycott of the endangered fish, until sustainable management measures are put in place.
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27 Aug 2008
Climate change leadership baton passes to new hands
WWF has welcomed the initiative taken by a new group of countries in showing the way forward as the latest round of UN climate talks drew to a close in Accra, Ghana today.
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21 Aug 2008
Flow plan for less talk and more action as climate change hits rivers
Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start doing it, WWF told the World Water Week symposium in Stockholm today.
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20 Aug 2008
UK citizens using 58 baths of water a day
While each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a day, they consume about 30 times as much in “virtual” water embedded in food, clothes and other items – the equivalent of about 58 bathtubs full of water every day. » Read more

19 Aug 2008
World needs global water agreement now
WWF Director-General James Leape today called on governments to support the entry into force of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention—an international agreement which could play a key role in water security for about 40% of the world's population.
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