Environmental conservation work in Portugal


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

 
Mediterranean bluefin tuna — highly prized around the world, especially in Japan for sushi and sashimi — has been under increasing pressure from overfishing. Display of frozen tunas to be auctioned at the Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan.

28 Jan 2008
Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
As more and more major European retailers boycott Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna, WWF used the occasion of the Barcelona Seafood Summit to call on more to join the ban until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone.
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New or updated projects

Modified: Sep 2007 - Started: Jul 2004

Mediterranean Cork Oak Forest Programme

The long-term goal of the Mediterranean cork oak forest programme is the restoration and maintenance of the cork oak landscapes to promote sustainable... » Read more
 
Modified: May 2007 - Started: Oct 1999

Across the Waters

Across the Waters (ATW) Phase V will maintain a pan-Mediterranean scope, although the geographic frameworks of action will vary according to the diffe... » Read more
 

Mediterranean Freshwater Development Programme



Contact

Angela Morgado
(Communications and Fundraising Officer for Portugal)
WWF MEDPO,
Rome Main

T: +351 91 8428829
 
Anne Rémy
(Head of Communications)
WWF MEDPO,
Rome Main

T: +39 06 844 97 424

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