Village fishpond saves forest wildlife
Mario Malomo is excited and anxious as he joins more than a dozen of his committee members who have taken up positions around the Tembe Piste community fishpond.
In the People's Park, São Paulo, many generations unite in the fight for nature
The chosen place could not be more appropriate. The recently inaugurated People's Park, in the neighborhood of Itaim-Bibi, is a new leisure option for the citizens of São Paulo, with running tracks, multi-sports arenas, gardens with many growing trees, result of a project concluded in 2008. And, it was in the People's Park, an oasis surrounded by the skyscrapers of this large Brazilian metropolis, that São Paulo celebrated Earth Hour.
CITES can help save bluefin tuna, stem wildlife poaching crisis
Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world’s oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis.
WWF and Lafarge: Copenhagen deal must address economics and global warming
WWF, one of the world’s largest conservation organisations, and Lafarge, a WWF Climate Savers company and world leader in building materials, believe that a legally binding agreement to reduce global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions must address the combined challenge of reducing global warming while encouraging sustainable economic growth.
Peace has a prize, it's time to pay it!
Carter Roberts, CEO of WWF US, statement following President Barack Obama's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize.
‘Train to Copenhagen’ makes way around fragile Lake Baikal region
As you travel west on the Trans-Siberian railway from Ulan Ude the train runs down the bank of the Selenge, a river that feeds water from the heart of Mongolia into Lake Baikal. Mountains rise to the south, thrown up by the same tectonic plate movements that split the earth, giving rise to Lake Baikal.
Danube restoration efforts get high marks
WWF’s efforts to save the rich wildlife and habitats around the Danube River are paying off, according to a leading scientific journal.
Interview with Dr. Carlos Nobre, recipient of the WWF-Brazil Environment Personality Award
Dr. Carlos Nobre has received the 2009 Brazil Environment Personality Award for the tremendous contributions he has made towards an understanding of global warming and the impacts of climate change on the Amazon.
Experts view Hungarian conservation success from the air
Experts and leaders from WWF’s One Europe More Nature program celebrated their final meeting last week by taking a hot-air balloon flight over the region covered by the project in Hungary.
