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.
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WWF France
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Director, Communication & Public Relation
WWF France,
Paris Main
+33 1 55258446
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WWF France,
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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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Climate change commitments "missing" in G8 Accountability Report
WWF is critical of the G8 Accountability Report released today for not measuring progress on one of the most substantial G8 development and climate change commitments to date: to limit temperature rise to an identified 2 degrees Centigrade threshold of dangerous climate change.
Is Europe swimming away from commitments on bluefin tuna?
Where was Europe when Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States this week reconfirmed commitments to urgently establishing a science-based recovery and management plan for overexploited stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna?
France gives major boost to international water treaty
France is set to become the 20th country to sign up to a key international convention governing the use and protection of rivers and lakes crossing or forming international boundaries.
WWF and Industry Leaders join forces to save European fisheries
Global environment organisation WWF and the leading associations for European seafood processors and retailers today announced they will work together to push for solutions to the crisis of European seas and fisheries.
Forest and donor countries stump up to reduce emissions
Forest and donor countries have kicked off an important joint process which could speed up action to reduce the 15 per cent of global carbon emissions linked to deforestation and forest degradation.
France calls for international tuna trade ban
France’s call for an international trade ban on endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna is a strong political commitment, but it falls well short of giving this endangered species the immediate protection it needs from overfishing.
Europe pours tens of millions into bloating bluefin fleet
Europe poured €34.5 million of EU taxpayers’ money into increasing and modernizing its oversize bluefin tuna fleets over the very period it was coming to concede that excess fishing capacity was a key factor in overfishing and illegal fishing of collapsing bluefin stocks.
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.
