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The fruit of the oil palm yields palm oil, which is used in the manufacture of many food and non-food products.

Palm oil roundtable breaks emissions logjam

Members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil this week agreed to consider implementing voluntary measures to encourage producers and buyers of palm oil to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Posted on 05 November 2009 | 2 comments | Read more

Croatia and Hungary signed today a declaration to establish a Trans-Boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that will protect their shared biodiversity hotspot along the Mura, Drava and Danube Rivers

Red List update shows up global failure to slow biodiversity loss

The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species should cause alarm over the continuing unprecedented loss of species and the failure so far of mechanisms to arrest biodiversity loss, WWF said today.  More than one third of the species assessed for this year's Red List update were classified as threatened with extinction.

Posted on 03 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Dr Eric Dinerstein, WWF's Chief Scientist, speaks at the closing ceremony of the Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop, October 30.

Tiger experts call for urgent action to save species

More than 250 experts, scientists and government delegates from 13 tiger range countries this week called for immediate action to save tigers before the species disappears from the wild, citing the urgent need for increased protection against tiger poaching and trafficking in tiger parts.

Posted on 30 October 2009 | 3 comments | Read more

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The Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool

Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool

Protected area managers and protected area agencies are increasingly being asked to provide details of the wider social and environmental benefits of the lands and waters under their management. This tool provides a methodology for collating such information for individual protected areas.

Available in English and Russian

Posted on 18 September 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Cover of report: Banking on Cod

Banking on Cod

Demand for wild (non-farmed) seafood is increasingly reliant upon dwindling fish stocks. Much of the fishing industry is now struggling to make ends meet, yet despite this, studies show that changes in management could increase fisheries' profitability whilst also protecting fish stocks. Find out how we can once again Bank on Cod, only this time sustainably!

Posted on 16 June 2009 | Read more

Bycatch

Defining and estimating global marine fisheries bycatch

Unselective fishing catches non-target organisms as ‘bycatch’—an issue of critical ocean conservation and resource management concern. However, the situation is confused because perceptions of target and non target catch vary widely, impeding efforts to estimate bycatch globally.

Posted on 15 April 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

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