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Hydropower schemes must become more sustainable
At the ongoing Hydro 2003 Conference, WWF is calling on the hydropower industry to adopt new guidelines to reduce the environmental damage caused by ill-conceived hydropower schemes.
Dikes bulldozed in Danube Delta
More than 6km of dikes on Tataru Island in the Danube Delta will be removed starting today, with the goal of restoring the natural flooding regime of this part of the Danube River.
Time for EU to act on illegal logging in Eastern Europe, says WWF
WWF calls on EU Member States to acknowledge the problem of illegal logging in Accession and Candidate countries and to take effective measures through the European Commission Action Plan on Illegal Logging.
Governments, NGOs, and donors to gather for Eastern Europe's environment
Government represenatatives, donors, and NGOs will discuss more than 20 sustainable project proposals for the countries of the Carpathian Mountains and the Lower Danube from 24–25 November in Brasov, Romania.
Progress Report 4: Rowing the Danube for charity - the end!
Charlie and John have arrived safely in Sulina at the end of their 2586 km voyage! "It is amazing to think that we have crossed Europe, from Western Germany to the Black Sea, without going near a combustion engine."
Protect Europe's last old-growth forests!
Leading scientists from 18 European countries highlight the urgent need to preserve Europe's last old-growth forests and call on the EU to protect their forest treasures.
Creation of new EU frontier destroying Europe's rivers
WWF and other environmental groups are calling for an immediate halt to the construction of a canal that will form the new border between Croatia and Slovenia and which is destroying the last-remaining natural stretches of the Drava and Mura rivers in Croatia.
Medicinal plants in the Balkans under threat
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), WWF-Germany, and TRAFFIC Europe are calling on Balkan country authorities to improve and implement measures to prevent the further depletion of medicinal and aromatic plant populations in the Balkan countries.
Progress report 3: Rowing the Danube for charity - half-way point reached!
"We passed the half way mark - 1,293km. Serbia and Croatia have both given us very friendly welcomes and offered more beautiful and changing wildlife - camping on small islands and in the middle of the river gave us the perfect opportunity to observe it all."
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.