“Your view on food and farming”: WWF photo competition
With a Europe-wide photo competition launched today together with a web site on the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), WWF wants to showcase the richness of European rural life and the variety of its landscapes, as well as the environmental impacts of bad farming practices.
Natural windstorm requires natural solutions
On Friday, November 19th, a massive windstorm swept across north Slovakia and caused major forest damage. WWF and local NGOs call upon the government not to exacerbate the catastrophic situation by enacting stop-gap measures.
Don't clear out your dead wood -- WWF says
A new WWF report "Deadwood - Living Forests" reveals that a third of forest-dwelling species rely on dead or dying trees, logs, and branches for their survival.
BP stopped in its tracks
A pipeline under construction by BP was halted this week by the Georgian Ministry of Environment, after WWF alerts of BP operating without government permits and failing to adhere to best practice.
Western European governments not taking illegal logging seriously
A new WWF online report launched today shows that European governments are not effectively combating illegal logging. The report rates 12 countries on 9 different steps needed to tackle this problem, and finds that none of them has achieved a satisfactory performance overall.
WWF urges commercial banks not to fund controversial pipeline
WWF is urging commercial banks not to fund the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline running through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey and being driven by major oil interests led by BP.
WWF alarmed at World Bank inaction on BTC pipeline decision
WWF is alarmed that the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank, is caving in to pressure from commercial and geopolitical interests, as it dithers over whether it will approve funding of the controversial BTC oil pipeline to run from Azerbaijan, through Georgia, to Turkey.
Action not words on Kyoto ratification, WWF urges Russia
As the World Conference on Climate Change approaches, WWF is urging Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol within the year.
Autumn comes early this year to Europe's trees
Yellow leaves are lining forest paths throughout Europe - an unusual sight in August. Raising the alarm about the severe effects of this year's heatwave, WWF is calling on governments to assess the risks of climate change on their forests and to implement adaptation strategies.
