Most European palm oil buyers fail sustainability test
The majority of European palm oil buyers are failing to buy certified sustainable palm oil, despite its availability and the previous commitments by many companies to purchase it, according to a first assessment by WWF.
Investors ready for forest carbon market if Copenhagen and countries supply certainty
A survey of investors with approximately US$7 trillion of assets under management has shown significant support for an expanded carbon market mechanism which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation.
Sustainable palm oil gets boost in China
Beijing, China– Major China-based producers and users of palm oil have announced they intend to provide more support for sustainable palm oil, an important boost for efforts to halt tropical deforestation.
Soy industry adopts environmental safeguards
Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats.
WWF Statement on the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS)
WWF is currently one of the targets of a letter writing campaign by NGOs, including Friends of the Earth, Fern, and ASEED, criticizing its participation in the RTRS, which they accuse of encouraging soy monoculture production and promoting Genetically Modified Soy (GM) soy as being “responsible”. In a letter to RTRS members dated April 2009, various organizations have called for members to abandon the RTRS.
Pulp giant APP set to assault Sumatra orangutan sanctuary
A massive logging operation planned by Asian Pulp & Paper and the Sinar Mas Group (APP/SMG) and associated companies is to include large portions of the only areas that Sumatran orangutans have ever successfully been re-introduced into the wild, conservation groups active in Jambi province have learned.
WWF to grade palm oil buyers
Only one percent of the sustainable palm oil available on the market has been bought, according to new figures released by the WWF today.
Amazon could prosper thanks to emission payments, be lost without
Global payments for ecological services rendered by the Amazon such as the carbon retaining in its forests could go a long way to preserving them, a new study has found.
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.
WWF Statement on the "GM Soy Debate"
We would like to reassure all WWF supporters that WWF does NOT support GMOs (genetically modified organism). We understand that the text on the GM soy debate web site may have mislead many to believe that WWF supports GMOs. We apologise for this and any distress caused.