Conservation and environmental news & publications: New Zealand
03 Jul 2008
Net gain for endangered dolphins
The rarest marine dolphin in the world – down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets – is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government following several years of sustained WWF campaigning.
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23 Jun 2008
Fisheries, not whales, to blame for shortage of fish
The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting in Santiago, Chile. » Read more
24 May 2008
Human well-being better in a better protected environment
Bonn, May 22, 2008 – Well planned and managed protected areas can play a key role in reducing poverty, with the relationship strengthened when well-being is measured as more than just income, according to a new analysis by WWF “But it is vital that those involved in establishing and managing protected areas remember that people are also part of the landscape,” said WWF's Liza Higgins-Zogib. » 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
26 Feb 2008
Pulp and palm oil the villains in Sumatra's global climate impact and local elephant losses
Pekanbaru, Sumatra: Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF and partners has found. » Read more
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.
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15 Nov 2007
School children join campaign to protect endangered dolphins
WWF has presented a petition calling on the New Zealand government to protect Hector’s and Maui's dolphins. » Read more
11 Oct 2007
Tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific pose danger to wildlife at sea
Thousands of seabirds and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles are being caught and killed each year in long-line nets targeting southern bluefin tuna. WWF is calling on a regional fisheries organization to stem the catch of endangered wildlife and reduce chronic overfishing. » Read more
24 Apr 2007
Kiwis of the Sea: New Zealand dolphins under threat
Endemic to the coastal waters of New Zealand, Hector's and Maui's dolphins are increasingly threatened by fisheries bycatch, marine pollution and boat disturbance. Find out more about protecting the world's most endangered dolphin species.
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