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Tigers call for roar of support
To save the world's remaining wild tigers, WWF is not asking people to stand-up and be heard - but asking them for a roar of support.
Historic high seas declaration at risk
Last minute reservations from four countries may sink the historic announcement of a network of marine protected areas over key areas of the mid-Atlantic Ridge and basin which was scheduled for the North-East Atlantic environment summit later this month.
WWF ramps up rhino safety with anti-poaching campaign
WWF, the global conservation organization, today launched a campaign to raise support and funding for those rangers who put their lives on the line to protect Africa’s rhinos.
Don’t pass climate finance to private sector
Ministers meeting on climate finance in Geneva this week should stick to financial commitments made in Copenhagen to help developing countries reduce emissions and cope with climate change impacts.
Earth's Overdraft Notice: On August 21st, we exceed nature's budget
It has taken humanity less than nine months to exhaust its ecological budget for the year, according to data from Global Footprint Network, a California-based environmental research organization.
Coal power opposition goes global
Almost 10,000 people from 100 countries have objected to plans for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston in Ayrshire, Scotland, it was revealed today (Friday 13 August) by WWF.
Malaga Bay declared national park after tough environmental battle
After months of intense debate and only days before a new government took office, Colombia announced that a massive swath of its Pacific coast, also an important spawning ground for humpback whales, has become the country’s newest national park.
Governments must ramp up climate change talks ahead of Cancun meet - WWF
WWF says governments who participated in the third Bonn climate change talks this week now must ramp up their negotiations, or they will waste a crucial opportunity to move forward in Cancun later this year.
WWF, Green Home cautiously welcome Montenegro dams rethink
WWF and Green Home, its partner NGO in Montenegro, today welcomed the Montenegrin government’s decision to call off the original plans for four dams on the Morača River, which would have affected several protected areas.
WWF welcomes standards to make salmon industry more sustainable
Draft standards to improve the environmental and social sustainability of the salmon aquaculture industry were released yesterday for public comment.
