Climate change most visible through freshwater lens
Stockholm, Sweden: The impacts of climate change are most visible in the dramatic changes occurring to the planet’s freshwater resources, says a new report written by WWF for the World Bank.
Critically endangered whales flee Russian oil, gas boom
Gland, Switzerland: Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground.
Research finds Government draft energy strategy at odds with majority of New Zealanders
The Government's draft energy strategy does not deliver the plan to invest in public transport that the majority of New Zealanders want in order to head off the impacts of future oil price rises, according to research released today (Monday 30 August) commissioned by WWF.
Seven out of ten Kiwis want Govt to prepare for peak oil
Research from Colmar Brunton released today finds the Government’s draft energy strategy does not deliver the action that the majority of New Zealanders want for securing access to affordable alternatives to petrol and diesel in the future, as cheaper, easy-to-reach oil supplies decline around the world and oil prices rise.
Government needs to put more energy into strategy
I’m sure I’m like most New Zealanders when it comes to switching on the lights or the television: it doesn’t cross my mind that there won’t be enough electricity to make them work.
Living more sustainably: some fundamentals
WWF-New Zealand Executive Director Chris Howe blogs on extinction and how to avoid it.
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’. Have your say here by making a submission
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.
