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US Crosses the Starting Line, but continues to lag behind
The US announced it was signing the Kyoto Protocol with a small package of domestic measures. (The US and Iceland were the two industrialised countries that had not signed the Protocol...
WWF and Greenpeace Welcome the Initiative of Argentina, Looking Into Details
Buenos Aires.- Today, President Carlos Menem of Argentina stated his country's intention to take on a commitment under the Kyoto Protocol in the same time period as industrialized countries...
Ministers urged to agree limit on Pollution Trading
Buenos Aires, - If industrialised countries concentrate on reducing their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at home they can benefit the global climate and their economies, according ...
Japan Begins 12th Scientific Whale Hunt With New Boat
GLAND, Switzerland -- WWF urged Japan to reconsider its large-scale scientific whaling as it flagged off its whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean for the 12th year in a row. ...
To Save Lives, Give Global Warming the Same Priority As Biological Weapons, Says WWF
Buenos Aires, 5 November 1998 - Global warming is creating the conditions for an explosive spread in infectious diseases that are already claiming new victims in industrialised countries, according to a scientific report (1) from WWF...
Climate Change Risk to Forests Underlines Call for Faster Co2 Cuts
Buenos Aires - Forests across the globe are at grave risk from climate change according to a new report released today by WWF - the World Wide Fund for Nature (1). One-third of the world's forests could be affected in the future. WWF fears a knock-on effect for many of the three-quarters of the world's plant and animal species which depend on forests for their survival. Among them are the grizzly bear, the woodland caribou (reindeer) and the Bengal tiger.
Nations Draft Agreement On Fishing Fleet Overcapacity
30 October 1998 ROME, Italy -- A UN fisheries meeting this week drafted a global action plan to address one of the most important factors contributing to overfishing--too many boats chasing too few fish. However,....
Democratic Republic of Congo's Wildlife Caught in the Crossfire
Gland, Switzerland - The possible escalation of the conflict in the east and northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could have disastrous consequences ...
FAO Set To Tackle Major Fisheries Threats
ROME, Italy -- The conservation organization WWF today urged the worlds fishing nations at the FAO fisheries meeting which opens this week to develop effective action plans to address the growing problems of fishing fleet overcapacity...
Collapsing MAI Negotiations - Reorientation needed
PARIS, France -- With the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) on the verge of collapse after France withdrew from the negotiations, WWF urges the OECD countries to make sustainable development the cornerstone of any future investment agreement.