Conservation and environmental news & publications: Argentina

Humpback whales (<I>Megaptera novaeangliae</I>) migrate from Antarctica to the South Pacific every winter to mate and give birth.

20 Jun 2008
Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found. » 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


 
Logo for Smart Gear Competition

15 Nov 2007
WWF competition nets sustainable fishing solutions
A team of inventors from the United States has won the third WWF International Smart Gear Competition for an invention that could save fish and other marine life from dying or being discarded each year. » Read more



 
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