site

  1. myWWF Sign in
  2. Sign up
  3. Help

Conservation and environmental news & publications: Netherlands

Bottom trawling for Norwegian lobster and other crustaceans is devastating the sea floor and the marine environment.

Dishes of destruction: the hidden cost of seafood

Some of Europe’s most popular fish dishes are a recipe for disaster for our oceans and fishing communities, warns WWF in a new report, which exposes the destructive, illegal and wasteful fishing which lies behind some of our favourite seafood.

Posted on 27 September 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

After a 100 year absence, European gray wolves are returning to the Swiss Alps.

Europe losing species and habitats at a dramatic rate

According to a series of surveys carried out by WWF and its partners as part of the European Habitats Forum (EHF), the diversity of Europe’s wildlife and habitats continues to be lost at a dramatic rate.

Posted on 02 June 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

One Europe More Nature - Project Brochure

WWF's One Europe More Nature project is working to restore and maintain key European landscapes and habitats by forging innovative partnerships with businesses, industry, entrepreneurs, farmers, foresters and politicians.

Posted on 30 May 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Winds of change could spell catastrophe for European winters

Following a European winter of extreme cold and heavy snow, a WWF report says that there’s more risk of severe storms and extreme weather in future winters as a result of climate change unless CO2 emissions are reduced dramatically.

Posted on 02 March 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Europe's Living Countryside - the Netherlands National Report

An analysis of how environmental priorities and objectives were addressed in the last Dutch Rural Development Programme.

Posted on 19 December 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Konik horses grazing at Gelderse Poort, the Netherlands

A Policy Field Guide to the Gelderse Poort

In the Dutch region of Gelderse Poort, Ark Nature and its partners are working hand in hand with local people, businesses and brick industries to restore nature in the Rhine delta.

Posted on 09 December 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Burning oil-gas by the Sakhalinneftegaz state company. Sakhalin Island on the Sea of Okhotsk, Russian Federation.

Shell fails European Bank's funding requirements

A new WWF report reveals that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should continue to declare Shell’s Sakhalin II project in the Russian Far East as unfit for purpose because the project’s environmental and social standards are continually failing to meet the Bank’s funding preconditions, reveals a new WWF report.

Posted on 27 November 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Front cover of the report

Risky Business - the new Shell

Shell’s failure to apply its Environmental Impact Assessment Guidelines to Sakhalin II...

Posted on 25 November 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, WWF Founder President 1961-1976, visiting the tropical rainforests of Borneo.

Royal elephants auctioned for conservation

A vast array of elephant collectables of the late WWF Founder-President HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was auctioned to raise funds for conservation efforts in Borneo.

Posted on 02 October 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Energy housing under construction at Hardewijk, Netherlands

Energy efficient houses in the Netherlands ::: Solutions for a stable climate :::

In the 1990s WWF Netherlands set out to prove that energy-efficient private housing is not just an expensive, futuristic dream, but a commercially viable concept attractive to the building industry, public and government alike. By 2000, it was clear the idea had succeeded.

Posted on 24 August 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Subscribe to this web feed

@import url('http://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/feedback/feedback.css');