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European Union: Environmental Policy Issues
WWF at the CBD: urgent action needed to halt biodiversity loss
Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on trashing the environment, WWF cautions in a new report.
From 19th till 30th May Bonn will host the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Participants will discuss how to achieve a “significant reduction” in biodiversity loss by 2010. WWF will be present at the Convention with a number of events to promote conservation of biological diversity. Read more...WWF Position Paper: The 2010 Biodiversity target in EU Development Cooperation
WWF International Annual Review 2007
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In the News
16 May 2008
Biodiversity loss puts people at risk
Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity. And as biodiversity plummets our use of resources soars - WWF now estimates that biodiversity on our planet has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.
Biodiversity loss puts people at risk
Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity. And as biodiversity plummets our use of resources soars - WWF now estimates that biodiversity on our planet has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.
15 May 2008
EU farming subsidies for Romania, Bulgaria need better targetting
Some €2.6 billion is available for supporting rural development and environment in Bulgaria and Romania in the current funding period 2007-13. But relatively little of this money is likely to actually reach and support the small-scale farmers in the countries that contribute the most to securing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
EU farming subsidies for Romania, Bulgaria need better targetting
Some €2.6 billion is available for supporting rural development and environment in Bulgaria and Romania in the current funding period 2007-13. But relatively little of this money is likely to actually reach and support the small-scale farmers in the countries that contribute the most to securing biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Publications
30 Apr 2008
Climate & Energy package: WWF position paper on Effort "sharing"
EFFORT “SHARING” - Reductions of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) in the non-EU ETS Sector within Member States.
Climate & Energy package: WWF position paper on Effort "sharing"
EFFORT “SHARING” - Reductions of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) in the non-EU ETS Sector within Member States.
