Amongst many things, WWF France focuses on the protection of one of the Loire - one of the last wild rivers in Europe. It also works for the protection of dolphins and whales in the Mediterranean, and brown bears in the Pyrenees.
Founded: 17 October 1973
WWF France
Contact
Jacques Olivier Barthes
Director, Communication & Public Relation
WWF France,
Paris Main
+33 1 55258446
Office
WWF France,
Paris Main
1,
Carrefour de Longchamp
75116 Paris France
+33 1 55 25 84 84 +33 1 55 25 84 74
WWF Conservation Projects in France
Green Belt Programme: Addressing the Root Causes of Desertification
Forests throughout the Mediterranean region have been subject to severe degradation, leading to desertification and loss of habitat for key species. T...
Conserving France's Camargue
Nestled between the Rhone River and the Mediterranean Sea, the Camargue region in southern France is one of Europe’s largest river deltas. The marshla...
Preserving Mediterranean’s cork
Mediterranean cork oak forests host a rich diversity of wildlife, including Iberian lynx, imperial eagle and Barbary Deer. They are also a vital sourc...
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Mediterranean bluefin catches continue to mock quotas and science
New bluefin tuna catch estimates show
Tuna commission urged to add fishing halt to trade ban to save bluefin
Countries meeting in Brazil this week need to agree urgently to temporarily halt bluefin tuna fishings bluefin tuna stocks collapse, warned WWF. The warning follows findings by the fishery's own scientists that a fishing suspension is the only measure able to ensure bluefin are not still eligible for the highest level of international trade restrictions in 2019.
G20 finance ministers fail to reach green on climate financing
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.
Genetic tuna tracking opens new options in race to save fish and fisheries
A new method that uses gene sequencing to accurately distinguish between tuna species has the potential to support fisheries management and possible trade restrictions for endangered tuna species. The revelation closely follows news that an international wildlife trade convention is to consider a proposal to ban international trade in the Mediterranean tuna next March.
Fishing for funds to be placed off limits for rule breakers
European governments and enterprises continuing to flout fisheries regulations are to be denied access to EU public funds, according to measures agreed by the EU Fisheries Council this week. WWF has welcomed the initiative, which at one stage seemed likely to be derailed by last minute objections from a group of nations fishing the Mediterranean.
Civil society wants sustainable growth package from G-20
WWF International Director General James Leape and others have signed an open letter addressed to G-20 heads of state on behalf of an "international global coalition for a green economy” asking the group to pick an economic stimulus package that supports sustainable growth.
Interest grows in neglected global water treaty
Delegates of 14 countries attending the World Water Forum tonight signed pledges of support to a growing call to bring into force a global water treaty that has languished in limbo for more than a decade as anxiety grows about the increased potential for conflict in a world increasingly short of water.
WWF gives Europe a roadmap to Copenhagen
With a series of critical European Union meetings on a new global climate deal about to begin, WWF has set out what Europe needs to do to grow in a green way while contributing to helping the world avoid passing the 2 degree threshold of warming that presents unacceptable risks of catastrophic climate change.
East meets West for Earth Hour in over 500 cities
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.
City of light to turn lights off
Paris heads a list of 28 French cities and towns intending to join the world in making a visual vote for decisive action on climate change during WWF’s Earth Hour 2009.