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New bluefin tuna catch estimates show Mediterranean fishing fleets continuing to make a mockery of fishing quotas set by the beleaguered Atlantic tuna commission. The new estimates are more than four times a recent scientific estimate of fishing levels that would give the collapsing tuna population only a toss of the coin probability of recovery over more than a decade.
Posted on 12 November 2009 | 1 comments | Read more
Finance ministers of the world’s dominant economies failed to reach agreement on the financing required for a global agreement to stave off catastrophic climate change, WWF said today as the G20 finance ministers meeting here broke up with no resolution to issues dividing developed and emerging economies.
Posted on 07 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
Large scale transfers of water from one river basin to another are generally occurring without adequate scrutiny of their economic, environmental and social impacts, according to an analysis released to World Water Week by WWF.
Posted on 20 August 2009 | 1 comments | Read more
Conservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing squatting on Amazon land – regulations that encompass parcels equal to the combined size of Germany and Italy.
Posted on 01 July 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
La Paz, Bolivia - An international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions.
Posted on 09 June 2009 | Read more
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.
Posted on 28 May 2009 | 5 comments | Read more
Responsible ecotourism in the Amazon tributary of the Aripuana River, could help reduce deforestation and protect one in 10 known species on Earth.
Posted on 24 March 2009 | 2 comments | Read more
Geneva, Switzerland - The statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro will slip suddenly into darkness. So will the Golden Gate bridge, the Eiffel tower and South Africa’s Table Mountain.
Posted on 23 March 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
Wood and construction companies in Sao Paulo -- Brazil’s most industrialised and populous state -- have committed themselves to the use of legal and certified wood in a move which could help preserve the country’s endangered Amazon forests.
Posted on 18 March 2009 | 2 comments | Read more
The global call to action on climate change has been answered from east to west as a record 538 cities and towns in 75 countries sign up to turn their lights off at 8.30pm on 28 March for Earth Hour 2009.
Posted on 19 February 2009 | 0 comments | Read more
