The Tiger Returns
Virtually hunted to extinction, and losing their habitat and prey, tiger populations are threatened throughout their range. The good news? Global action has begun on doubling the tiger population in the wild by the next year of the tiger in 2022.
Offshore oil: a very messy business
The latest oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico recently reached the 100-day mark and has triggered many ugly questions which have yet to be answered. This oil spill is the latest episode in a familiar story of polluted waterways, destroyed ecosystems and devastated communities.
Planet Earth, or Planet Water?
Oceans cover 71% of our planet’s surface and make up 95% of all the space available to life. Yet less than 1% is designated as protected.
WWF is campaigning for a national network of marine protected areas to safeguard the globally significant diversity of life in New Zealand's marine environment. Discover our incredible creatures from the deep at WWF's Treasures of the Sea website.
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Draft energy strategy ‘riddled with holes’
The Government’s draft energy strategy released yesterday for consultation has been criticised by WWF-New Zealand as being ‘riddled with holes and dangerously biased towards mineral extraction’.
Government cancels mineral prospecting plans in national parks… but presses ahead in UNESCO world heritage site
WWF-New Zealand has welcomed the Government’s decision to withdraw plans for mineral prospecting in national parks, but stated the proposal should never have been on the table in the first place.
Push to save tigers leaps forward at Bali meeting
Bali, Indonesia – The 13 countries that have tigers in a critical meeting this week laid the foundation for world leaders to come together later this year at the Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia and agree to a historical ...
