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WWF Italy office
Founded: 26 November 1966
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WWF Italy,
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WWF Conservation Projects in Italy
Protecting Europe's natural treasures
The PAN (Protected Area Network) Parks initiative – an independent foundation established by WWF and the Dutch Molecaten Group – aims to create a Euro...
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...
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.
Monte Rosa - melting glaciers and changing borders in the Alps
High alpine areas are feeling the impacts of climate change harder and faster than many other areas.
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.
Farmed fish and shrimps need sustainability boost
Aquaculture, revealed in a key UN analysis today to be the basis of all future growth in global seafood production, desparately needs to be put on a more sustainable basis, leading global environment organization WWF said today.
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.
Earth Hour 2009 setting new records in climate concern
With eight weeks still to go, citizens, businesses and public authorities in 375 cities across 74 countries have already committed to turning off their lights for one hour at 8.30pm on 28 March in a graphic show of support for decisive action on climate change.