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09 Jan 2009
Seized pangolins might have returned to illegal market
Wildlife trade monitors say they are alarmed by the possibility that seized pangolins and pangolin scales went back on the illegal market soon after they were auctioned in Vietnam.


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08 Jan 2009
Hong Kong residents have twice footprint of China's
Hong Kong residents are using nearly twice the resources of citizens of mainland China, according to an ecological footprint assessment by WWF Hong Kong and the Global Footprint Network (GFN).

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07 Jan 2009
Certified Chinese forest reaches million hectares
Forests owned by members of the Chinese chapter of WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) went beyond 1,000,000 hectares for the very first time late last year.
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06 Jan 2009
‘Mermaid’ rescued in Philippines
Two brave fishermen from the Philippines began the year by saving the life of a trapped dugong or sea cow, the ancient sea mammal generally credited with being the origin of the mermaid myth.
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05 Jan 2009
Another baleen whale washes up in Manila Bay
The lifeless body of another baleen whale was found floating beside a passenger ship moored on Manila Bay’s Pier 13 two days before the end of the year, according to WWF-Philippines.
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23 Dec 2008
Conflict zone Mountain Gorillas viewed by rangers for first time in more than a year
Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been seen by park rangers for the first time since the rangers were forced out of areas of Virunga National Park by Laurent Nkunda’s army 15 months ago.
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19 Dec 2008
Hot southern summer threatens coral with massive bleaching event
A widespread and severe coral bleaching episode is predicted to cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments over the next few months.

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19 Dec 2008
Carbon reporting on the rise in India
Significantly more of India’s leading companies have signed up to voluntarily disclose carbon emissions and climate policies, a second round of reporting has shown.

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16 Dec 2008
WWF applauds British call for ship emission trading
WWF-UK has welcomed a call from the British shipping industry for a global emissions trading scheme which would help to combat greenhouse gases.
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15 Dec 2008
Australia aims low in emissions reductions
In the space of a year Australia has gone from climate change hero to climate change under-achiever, announcing an emissions reduction target of just 5-15 per cent by 2020 with the higher figure tied to the rest of the world reaching a binding agreement on climate change.
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