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WWF deeply sorry for nameplate incident at climate meeting
Gland, Switzerland, 28.07.10: Global environment organisation WWF apologised unreservedly for the actions of an employee who was involved in an incident at the June meeting of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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 global plan to double the number of tigers in the wild.
Milestone tiger meeting set to create strong recovery agenda
Bali, Indonesia – WWF Indonesia CEO Dr. Efransjah and WWF Tiger programme leader Michael Baltzer issued the following statement ahead of the pre-Tiger Summit meeting starting Monday in Bali.
New bill to slash Amazon protection passes crucial vote
Brasilia, Brazil - Amendments to Brazil's Forest Code that could sanction dramatic increases in deforestation passed a crucial vote in the Congress's Special Committee on Forest Law Changes last night, an outcome lamented by scientists, environmental and social NGOs and indigenous groups.
A setback in Brazil's environmental legislation
WWF-Brazil described the approval of an alternate bill for the Forest Law submitted by Representative Aldo Rebelo as a setback. In WWF-Brazil's opinion, the changes were hardly debated and, if the bill is passed by the Lower House as is, it will nullify all the efforts that the Brazilian Government has been making to conserve
Russia to create new national parks and reserves almost size of Switzerland
Moscow – Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected areas to nearly 3 percent of its territory by 2020, a move which helps the country to meet its international obligations to protect biodiversity.
Spotlight on planned double subsidies for Spanish coal
Brussels, Belgium – WWF has today lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission concerning a new regulation passed by the Spanish government to provide state aid to power stations that burn domestically produced coal. The organisation says that the scheme, if approved, would be additional to existing subsidies already given to Spanish coal mines for the same coal.
New threat to Amazon as Brazilian legislators lay siege to forest law
Brasilia, Brazil: The Amazon is facing an urgent new threat as legislators allied to agribusiness interests and landowners seek to drastically weaken conservation requirements of the country’s Forest Law, the foundation of several decades of sometimes impressive progress in reducing deforestation.
