Get real, it’s land clearing
The Tasmanian Labor and Federal Coalition Governments today have announced a simplistic package that fails to solve the most significant issue affecting Tasmanias natural environment - land clearing, says WWF-Australia.
Timber for Aceh
The Timber for Aceh initiative is the first of a series of implementation plans expanding on WWF's Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines. It is a call for the use of imported sustainably-sourced timber to reconstruct Aceh.
Green Reconstruction Guidelines for Aceh (Executive Summary)
WWF's Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines provide a policy framework for reconstructing Aceh in a way that minimises damage to the environment. The guidelines will help ensure that reconstruction results in long-term solutions and livelihoods rather than short-term fixes with future hidden costs, such as a depleted fishery resulting from rapid industrialisation of the fishing sector, landslides and floods from intensive deforestation and so on.
Green Reconstruction Guidelines for Aceh
WWF's Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines provide a policy framework for reconstructing Aceh in a way that minimises damage to the environment.
Timber for Aceh (Executive Summary)
The reconstruction of Aceh will require huge quantities of timber, an amount that cannot be responsibly supplied from the already overstretched legitimate Indonesian sources. This report outlines a practical plan to sustainably-source imported timber for Aceh to minimise the impacts that large-scale rebuilding would have on its already stressed environment.
Aceh: Stop talking, send timber, says WWF
Aceh’s already shattered landscape faces further devastation if donor countries do not immediately supply the tsunami-stricken province with sustainable timber.
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Tracks: an unsual challenge for marine turtle hatchlings
This 3.5 minute video shows loggerhead hatchlings struggling to pass their way over footprints and tyre tracks on a South African beach.
Another coal-fired power station for Australia's biggest state?
WWF is calling on the New South Wales Government to choose clean power options rather than another coal-fired power station. A major advertisement has been placed in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Challenges of freshwater protected areas
This article outlines some of the challenges facing conservation of freshwater ecosystems and future directions for freshwater protected area establishment and management.