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2008

Friday 16 May 2008
Business plans fly in face of airport expansion policy

Friday 16 May 2008
Biodiversity plummets as resource use soars

Thursday 15 May 2008
WWF-UK announces new fundraising director

Wednesday 14 May 2008
Full steam ahead for the Marine Bill

Tuesday 13 May 2008
WWF highlights ways to reduce human-wildlife conflicts

Tuesday 13 May 2008
Corporate partner receives sustainability award

Monday 12 May 2008
Making zero carbon homes a reality

Friday 9 May 2008
Government must make legal action affordable in environment cases

Thursday 8 May 2008
UK social housing providers get sustainability support

Tuesday 6 May 2008
Recreational boat owners urged to protect wildlife

Friday 2 May 2008
New homes get green rating

Friday 25 April 2008
Tackling Thailand's illegal turtle trade

Thursday 24 April 2008
Climate change: Arctic impact accelerates

Wednesday 16 April 2008
Illegal fishers plunder Arctic waters

Thursday 10 April 2008
Residents of UK cities ranked in eco-debt index

Monday 7 April 2008
Power companies paid to pollute

Friday 4 April 2008
Earth Hour is a global success

Thursday 3 April 2008
WWF-UK announces new Chair

Thursday 3 April 2008
Marine Bill needed for all of UK

Wednesday 2 April 2008
End of the oil age

Wednesday 2 April 2008
Government re-think needed on homes

Monday 31 March 2008
Sustainable homes: not just DIY

Thursday 20 March 2008
Call for North Sea reserves

Thursday 20 March 2008
North Pole ice is 'younger and thinner'

Thursday 20 March 2008
WANTED: young ambassadors to save Arctic

Friday 14 March 2008
All of Africa urged to save rhinos

Friday 14 March 2008
Oil and gas threat to dolphins

Friday 14 March 2008
Europe fails on greenhouse target

Friday 14 March 2008
Earth Hour: lights out for a brighter future

Wednesday 12 March 2008
Mediterranean leaders urged to save tuna

Wednesday 12 March 2008
Darling delivers a very light green budget

Tuesday 11 March 2008
Five nation census to save dolphins

Monday 10 March 2008
Golden Standard best for carbon offsets

Monday 10 March 2008
Hope for whales

Thursday 6 March 2008
Homeowners embracing energy efficiency

Wednesday 5 March 2008
WWF critical of lethal whale 'research'

Tuesday 4 March 2008
Controversial Russian oil pipeline defeated

Friday 29 February 2008
Government considers ban on plastic bags

Wednesday 27 February 2008
Sumatra's forests at risk

Monday 25 February 2008
Climate change threat to England

Friday 22 February 2008
Hollywood films highlight fragile Chihuahuan desert

Friday 22 February 2008
Congo, Rwanda and Uganda united to save mountain gorillas

Wednesday 20 February 2008
Wildlife trading ring 'dismantled' on Sino-Russian border

Wednesday 13 February 2008
Sumatran tigers being sold into extinction

Wednesday 13 February 2008
India's tigers at risk: Estimation survey

Wednesday 13 February 2008
New figures reveal true cost of shipping to the climate

Friday 8 February 2008
Police save wildlife crime unit

Thursday 7 February 2008
US Arctic oil plans threat to polar bear

Thursday 7 February 2008
UK Government's U-turn on water

Wednesday 6 February 2008
South Asia commits to new actions to control wildlife trade

Tuesday 5 February 2008
WWF in Tanzania: reefs, banks and pearls

Thursday 24 January 2008
Cuba ends turtle hunt

Wednesday 23 January 2008
EU must improve performance on climate change

Tuesday 22 January 2008
Tanzanian refugees hunt bushmeat to survive

Tuesday 22 January 2008
Stop Arctic's black gold rush

Tuesday 22 January 2008
WWF calls on EC to act on climate

Monday 21 January 2008
Scientists urge Government: tougher CO2 cuts

Thursday 17 January 2008
WWF launches sustainable seafood website

Wednesday 16 January 2008
Climate change leaves UK in hot water

Monday 14 January 2008
Turtles' endangered status is an advantage to traders

Monday 14 January 2008
WWF helps plan world's first carbon, waste and car-free city

Thursday 10 January 2008
Nuclear power won't meet climate targets

Thursday 3 January 2008
Kingsnorth power station decision bodes badly for climate

2007

Friday 28 December 2007
New Year resolutions for how to save the planet

Thursday 27 December 2007
Recharge your batteries and save money

Friday 21 December 2007
Government's green light for Scottish environmental disaster

Friday 21 December 2007
Japan drops plans to hunt humpback whales

Wednesday 19 December 2007
Cod remain in crisis

Monday 17 December 2007
Decision time for cod

Monday 17 December 2007
Government agency's refusal on carbon

Monday 17 December 2007
Energy checks now law for homeowners

Friday 14 December 2007
BP's U-turn on dirty fossil fuels

Friday 14 December 2007
Government must not cave in to fuel protesters

Tuesday 11 December 2007
Perilous future for penguins

Thursday 6 December 2007
Climate change is destroying Amazon

Thursday 6 December 2007
Turn over a new leaf with WWF's paper guide

Thursday 6 December 2007
Conservatives give power to the people

Thursday 6 December 2007
The Golden Compass: change your world

Thursday 29 November 2007
WWF-UK report urges celebrities to denounce dirty brands

Thursday 29 November 2007
Clean Development Mechanism must clean up its act

Wednesday 28 November 2007
UK Government: appalling on sewage, waste and water

Wednesday 28 November 2007
Indonesia: climate change causes displacement and poverty

Monday 26 November 2007
Ten millionth tree gives hope for Congo gorillas

Friday 23 November 2007
WWF applauds energy performance certificates

Thursday 22 November 2007
WWF calls for videoconferencing not flying

Thursday 22 November 2007
China campaign fights illegal wildlife trade

Tuesday 20 November 2007
Celebrating emerging new talent

Tuesday 20 November 2007
Gordon gets real on climate change

Tuesday 20 November 2007
WWF-UK petitions Government with giant boat and plane

Tuesday 20 November 2007
Fisheries must stop discarding dead

Monday 19 November 2007
Will the PM be a leader on tackling climate change?

Monday 19 November 2007
WWF urges ministers to act on climate change at UN talks

Monday 19 November 2007
Brown: hard choices ahead on climate change

Monday 19 November 2007
Mediterranean bluefin tuna faces extinction

Sunday 18 November 2007
Global warming will push Asia into reverse

Thursday 15 November 2007
WWF builds giant paper plane and boat for climate petition

Thursday 15 November 2007
Win for inventor saving porpoises from fishing nets

Wednesday 14 November 2007
EU aviation policy is a missed opportunity

Wednesday 14 November 2007
Eyewitness to climate change

Monday 12 November 2007
IPCC forget hurricanes, glaciers and ocean warming

Thursday 8 November 2007
Report confirms WWF-UK criticism of Russian oil project

Thursday 8 November 2007
Chinese campaigner wins top British environment award

Thursday 8 November 2007
Time to let cod recover

Wednesday 7 November 2007
WWF calls on Sky customers to lend their support

Tuesday 6 November 2007
Queen's Speech devoid of Marine Bill

Monday 5 November 2007
UK can meet an 80% CO2 target

Wednesday 31 October 2007
Sustainable transport report fails to address aviation growth

Tuesday 30 October 2007
Home builders must work harder to achieve environmental targets

Tuesday 30 October 2007
A bear necessity from WWF this Christmas

Monday 29 October 2007
New treaty to boost protection of gorillas

Monday 29 October 2007
Speech extract

Monday 29 October 2007
Climate Bill must set global leadership

Friday 26 October 2007
Prince of Wales gives keynote speech on the Amazon rainforest

Wednesday 24 October 2007
Bleak future for Baltic cod

Tuesday 23 October 2007
City dwellers need to green up their act, new ranking shows

Thursday 18 October 2007
The Greatest Race on Earth

Wednesday 17 October 2007
WWF calls for support to protect Antarctic wilderness

Wednesday 17 October 2007
Schoolchildren take government to task over the Marine Bill

Wednesday 17 October 2007
UK government must commit to 20% renewables target

Wednesday 17 October 2007
Award for protecting Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

Tuesday 16 October 2007
Wildlife friendly t-shirts from M&S and WWF

Monday 15 October 2007
All aboard WWF's new Climate Change Bill campaign

Friday 12 October 2007
Young eco-preneurs wanted to help stop the melt

Thursday 11 October 2007
WWF rewards enforcers tackling wildlife crime

Wednesday 10 October 2007
Response to pre-budget report

Tuesday 9 October 2007
WWF questions Sakhalin's positive spin

Monday 8 October 2007
Can We Have the Bill Please?

Thursday 4 October 2007
Fishing quotas undermine EU Common Fisheries Policy

Wednesday 3 October 2007
WWF's Forest & Trade Network celebrates graduation

Wednesday 3 October 2007
Growing more rice with less water

Tuesday 2 October 2007
WWF to calculate ecological footprints at Birmingham Grand Designs show

Monday 1 October 2007
WWF One Planet Living film wins IVCA Award

Monday 1 October 2007
Local communities celebrate new protected areas in Papua New Guinea

Monday 1 October 2007
WWF chief calls for coherence across UK government on environment

Friday 28 September 2007
Steps taken to save the saola in Vietnam

Friday 28 September 2007
UK power giants fail to show leadership on climate change

Friday 28 September 2007
Tidal energy projects must not override existing environmental protection

Wednesday 26 September 2007
WWF announces discovery of 11 new species in Vietnam

Wednesday 26 September 2007
Ban Ki-Moon shows real climate leadership

Friday 21 September 2007
WWF celebrates lives and conservation work on anniversary of Nepal tragedy

Thursday 20 September 2007
Ashford Borough Council given green award

Tuesday 18 September 2007
WWF launches an exclusive, limited edition t-shirt

Monday 17 September 2007
WWF recognises Woking Borough Council's planning achievements

Friday 14 September 2007
Energy and water in the UK: waste more, pay less?

Thursday 13 September 2007
WWF says Tories must follow Quality of Life Commission's lead

Wednesday 12 September 2007
Code red for species and the planet

Wednesday 12 September 2007
UK political parties fall short of Green Standard, says WWF

Wednesday 12 September 2007
Dame Anita Roddick 1942-2007

Monday 10 September 2007
WWF welcomes energy certificates for three-bedroom homes

Friday 7 September 2007
WWF-UK pulls out of government's nuclear consultation

Monday 3 September 2007
M&S and WWF announce new partnership

Monday 27 August 2007
The death of Ratty - England's iconic rivers and lakes being wrecked, says WWF

Thursday 23 August 2007
David Nussbaum's Tanzania diary

Friday 17 August 2007
New rules needed to regulate Arctic activities, says WWF

Thursday 16 August 2007
Holidaymakers bring back wildlife trade souvenirs

Wednesday 15 August 2007
WWF files court proceedings against government department

Wednesday 15 August 2007
Amazon deforestation rates significantly down

Tuesday 14 August 2007
Severe weather forces MAC Mission to pull out of Fastnet

Thursday 9 August 2007
Future looks bleak for Borneo's pygmy elephants

Thursday 9 August 2007
Ben Fogle supports WWF's Marine Act Campaign

Wednesday 8 August 2007
Concerns over Yangtze dolphin

Friday 3 August 2007
Committee off-target on Climate Change Bill, says WWF

Wednesday 1 August 2007
Energy Performance Certificates deliver important savings for homeowners

Thursday 26 July 2007
WWF welcomes government commitment to new green homes

Thursday 26 July 2007
Gorilla conservation group's response to recent killings

Tuesday 24 July 2007
WWF statement on the summer 2007 floods in Britain

Friday 20 July 2007
Independent panel backs WWF fears over Sakhalin whales

Friday 20 July 2007
Namibia's desert lions hit our TV screens

Wednesday 18 July 2007
WWF says London doesn't need desalination plant

Monday 16 July 2007
Lewis Gordon Pugh first to swim at Geographic North Pole

Sunday 15 July 2007
Lewis Pugh's North Pole swim highlights climate change

Thursday 12 July 2007
WWF applauds new Body Shop sustainable palm oil pledge

Wednesday 11 July 2007
Gordon Brown not so green after all

Tuesday 10 July 2007
WWF film supports call for new Marine Act

Tuesday 10 July 2007
WWF-funded wetland saves Doncaster homes from flooding

Monday 9 July 2007
Development goals undermined by failure on environment

Thursday 5 July 2007
WWF photographs three-legged Sumatran tiger

Thursday 5 July 2007
Convention on international endangered species trade

Tuesday 3 July 2007
Stern to advise HSBC on development and climate change

Tuesday 3 July 2007
Whales vanish at Shell's Sakhalin II site

Tuesday 3 July 2007
BBC programme focuses on WWF elephant project

Friday 29 June 2007
Relocating rhinos - a WWF conservation success

Friday 29 June 2007
Relocating Rhinos continued

Friday 29 June 2007
Carbon capture and storage - a climate change solution?

Wednesday 27 June 2007
Reversing rivers is costly and damages natural environment

Tuesday 26 June 2007
Carbon trading in aviation needs serious improvement

Monday 25 June 2007
New marine conservation regulations too little too late

Friday 22 June 2007
New BBC series highlights species and habitat conservation

Thursday 21 June 2007
Safeguards for biofuels must come sooner rather than later

Wednesday 20 June 2007
Investors push corporate 'lobbying' activity into the mainstream

Tuesday 19 June 2007
Drinking the oceans is not the solution for a thirsty world

Monday 18 June 2007
Environment and development inextricably linked, say government ministers

Thursday 14 June 2007
Pressure mounts on China to stop tiger farming

Wednesday 13 June 2007
WWF report raises fears of emissions trading failure

Wednesday 13 June 2007
Red, pink and other corals protected

Monday 11 June 2007
BEMAs 2007 - WWF to present annual awards for environmental reporting and campaigning

Monday 11 June 2007
Conservation lifeline for endangered sawfish

Friday 8 June 2007
Tiger mosaic unveiled

Friday 8 June 2007
Trade convention failing sharks

Thursday 7 June 2007
Public pressure on climate issue pushes G8 closer to cooler world

Wednesday 6 June 2007
Kofi Annan calls for climate action at WWF conference

Wednesday 6 June 2007
How many planets does it take to change a light bulb?

Wednesday 6 June 2007
Carbon-crazed Canada on course to fail Kyoto

Wednesday 6 June 2007
WWF to be part of HSBC programme to combat global climate change

Tuesday 5 June 2007
World Environment Day 2007

Monday 4 June 2007
Some positive outcomes for whales despite wrangling at sour IWC meeting

Monday 4 June 2007
Canada joins US as worst performer on climate change

Thursday 31 May 2007
EU is top importer of wildlife products

Wednesday 30 May 2007
WWF's Climate Partnership projects

Tuesday 29 May 2007
Get smart: G8 should promote energy efficiency

Monday 28 May 2007
Lewis Gordon Pugh swims where no man has swum before, in epic 'North Pole Challenge'

Wednesday 23 May 2007
Nuclear wolf in renewable sheep's clothing

Tuesday 22 May 2007
Climate change increases threats to whales and dolphins

Sunday 20 May 2007
Oil sands out of control in Canada

Friday 18 May 2007
Glacial speed of climate talks will not slow climate change

Wednesday 16 May 2007
The top 10 most traded species

Tuesday 15 May 2007
Climate change: five years left to save the world

Tuesday 15 May 2007
Google Earth zooms in to WWF around the globe

Tuesday 15 May 2007
WWF-UK welcomes new CEO

Monday 14 May 2007
Amazon dolphin scientist scoops Whitley Award

Thursday 10 May 2007
Third of Europe's dirtiest power stations in the UK

Monday 7 May 2007
Children learn how to help save polar bears

Sunday 6 May 2007
Cod is in hot water as climate change compounds the effects of over-fishing

Friday 4 May 2007
IPCC leaves no more excuses for inaction on climate change

Friday 4 May 2007
Coal: a black future for humanity

Friday 4 May 2007
Climate change is here - but it's manageable, say world's scientists

Thursday 3 May 2007
Campaigners highlight climate change threat to Arctic

Monday 30 April 2007
WWF Barometer shows EU governments failing the forests

Thursday 26 April 2007
The world must unite on climate change, Miliband tells Vatican

Tuesday 24 April 2007
WWF First for Borneo Rhino on Video

Tuesday 24 April 2007
Chinese tiger farms must be investigated

Monday 23 April 2007
Help end the tiger trade

Monday 23 April 2007
Build a tiger online: web campaign seeks photos to stop the tiger trade

Friday 20 April 2007
Recent findings on mountain gorillas show hope for species' survival

Wednesday 18 April 2007
Far eastern leopard remains on the brink of extinction

Wednesday 18 April 2007
WWF and TRAFFIC call for action to protect wild tigers

Friday 6 April 2007
Climate change: IPCC's devastating outlook for environment and economy

Friday 6 April 2007
Climate change: Ignorance isn't an option

Wednesday 4 April 2007
Dolphins being killed in Japan

Wednesday 4 April 2007
Climate change: time to prevent biggest disaster in history

Tuesday 3 April 2007
Heart of Borneo - protecting critical orang-utan habitat

Thursday 29 March 2007
Fifty-fifty or the tuna gets it

Thursday 29 March 2007
Forests, fish and carbon credits

Thursday 29 March 2007
One Planet Business

Wednesday 28 March 2007
UK carbon emissions rocket as government fails to tackle the roll to coal

Wednesday 28 March 2007
Budget cuts to reduce London's wildlife crime unit by half

Tuesday 27 March 2007
Climate change a potential humanitarian emergency, says Environment Secretary

Friday 23 March 2007
'Unpluggit' - Kaiser Chiefs do it every night before they go to bed

Friday 23 March 2007
Government recognises link between poverty reduction and the environment

Thursday 22 March 2007
A good budget - but it's not Gordon Green yet

Wednesday 21 March 2007
Winners of WWF-sponsored Beacon Award promote sustainable communities

Tuesday 20 March 2007
Our dying rivers - a crisis to rival climate change

Monday 19 March 2007
RSPB, WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth joint statement on biofuels

Monday 19 March 2007
WWF will see EU in court over fisheries quotas

Monday 19 March 2007
'Green fuels' could be bad for the planet, say environmental and development groups

Monday 19 March 2007
Offshore MPAs - the legislation at last!

Thursday 15 March 2007
Borneo's clouded leopard a new cat species

Thursday 15 March 2007
Urgent action needed to establish new Marine Act

Tuesday 13 March 2007
Environment Agency and WWF sponsor prize for emerging young talent

Tuesday 13 March 2007
Lifting Chinese ban would be catastrophe for tiger

Tuesday 13 March 2007
Where there's a Bill there's a way

Monday 12 March 2007
EU's sustainable energy future must not turn into hot air

Wednesday 7 March 2007
HSBC makes savings count for WWF

Friday 2 March 2007
Endurance swim raises awareness of trouble in paradise

Thursday 1 March 2007
Pushing for protection of polar seas

Thursday 1 March 2007
WWF to push for protection of the Ross Sea

Wednesday 21 February 2007
Leopard rescue in India

Wednesday 21 February 2007
A new countryside map of UK Seas

Monday 19 February 2007
Outrage at plans to axe Met's Wildlife Crime Unit

Friday 16 February 2007
Time to translate positive words into positive action for climate

Wednesday 14 February 2007
Make love, Lord Truscott, not CO2!

Monday 12 February 2007
A third of Borneo to be conserved under new rainforest declaration

Thursday 8 February 2007
WWF and Seafish launch search for smart fishing gear

Friday 2 February 2007
IPCC rings the alarm bell - cut emissions now

Thursday 1 February 2007
Lower emissions for profit - WWF's Climate Saver Corporations show business the way

Thursday 1 February 2007
Death sentence looms for bluefin tuna in Mediterranean as fisheries management fails

Wednesday 31 January 2007
UK must cut out illegal logging

Monday 29 January 2007
Utilities fail on carbon emissions and put assets at risk

Friday 26 January 2007
Governments fail to stop tuna plunder

Tuesday 23 January 2007
Dry me a river

Monday 22 January 2007
Manage it right or lose it, warns WWF as tuna stocks sink

Monday 22 January 2007
World Heritage Site threatened by stricken cargo ship

Friday 19 January 2007
Carbon offsets - handle with care

Thursday 18 January 2007
Recent killings of mountain gorillas spark fears for the species' survival

Wednesday 17 January 2007
World's best coffee companies destroying Sumatra's biodiversity

Tuesday 16 January 2007
UK Marine Hotspots highlighted for protection

Tuesday 16 January 2007
Blackwater Estuary is marine hotspot in need of protection

Friday 12 January 2007
Leaders endorse Heart of Borneo Declaration

Friday 12 January 2007
WWF welcomes EBRD withdrawal from Sakhalin II

Wednesday 10 January 2007
EU energy plan is no revolution

Tuesday 2 January 2007
WWF featured on BBC 1's Expedition Borneo

2006

Friday 22 December 2006
New year, new challenges

Friday 22 December 2006
Witness a wealth of nature in the new year!

Thursday 21 December 2006
Has cod had its chips?

Tuesday 19 December 2006
New species in Borneo's rainforests identified

Monday 18 December 2006
Aviation to gain massive profits from emissions trading

Monday 18 December 2006
Charity begins on the high street - thanks to HSBC

Monday 18 December 2006
Fisheries Council prepare to ignore scientific advice for the fifth year in a row

Saturday 16 December 2006
Polar bears: populations in decline up fivefold in just five years

Friday 15 December 2006
Concerns over Yangtze dolphin

Friday 15 December 2006
Sharks' future on an EU platter

Thursday 14 December 2006
Leatherback turtle visits Britain

Thursday 14 December 2006
Elephants claim another human life in India

Wednesday 13 December 2006
Foundations are laid for a more sustainable future

Wednesday 13 December 2006
One great success and one abject failure ...

Tuesday 12 December 2006
Shell must be held accountable for damaged environment

Monday 11 December 2006
WWF radio collars elusive snow leopard in Pakistan

Friday 8 December 2006
WWF-Brazil takes to the skies for Amazon conservation

Wednesday 6 December 2006
Practical action needed to save cod

Wednesday 6 December 2006
Bright green light for sustainable homes in pre-budget report

Tuesday 5 December 2006
Huge new protected areas a boost for the Amazon

Monday 4 December 2006
Quality of Life Commission hits the spot on climate change

Thursday 30 November 2006
Emily Thornberry MP wins award for environmental efforts

Wednesday 29 November 2006
Shell breaches financing conditions for Sakhalin again

Wednesday 29 November 2006
European Commission gets tough on weak carbon trading scheme

Tuesday 28 November 2006
Radical action needed for water

Tuesday 28 November 2006
Is 'The Good Life' really a 'green' life?

Tuesday 28 November 2006
Existing homes need to be greener

Monday 27 November 2006
Credibility of bluefin tuna fisheries management destroyed by EU

Thursday 23 November 2006
Pressure grows for action on Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Wednesday 22 November 2006
Bad news for deepwater stocks

Tuesday 21 November 2006
NASA scientist wins WWF medal

Tuesday 21 November 2006
Paul King wins Sustainability Leadership Award of the Year

Friday 17 November 2006
Blair's miserable failure on chemicals

Friday 17 November 2006
Operation Charm: dying for a cure - MET tackles wildlife crime

Friday 17 November 2006
Pulling environmental solutions out of the hat

Friday 17 November 2006
'We cherish their example and honour their footprints': the WWF helicopter tragedy remembered

Friday 17 November 2006
One Small Step Forward for Kyoto Protocol

Wednesday 15 November 2006
Queen's Speech brings mixed fortunes for the environment

Tuesday 14 November 2006
Climate change sends birds flying towards extinction

Tuesday 14 November 2006
'Mind the gap' - Miliband must take a lead in UN climate talks

Monday 13 November 2006
EU must lead the way at international climate change talks

Thursday 9 November 2006
European economists and WWF call for stronger EU carbon market

Thursday 9 November 2006
Government encourages climate-damaging projects

Monday 6 November 2006
MP attempts to juggle 'three planet' lifestyle

Monday 6 November 2006
Climate change restricts development in Africa

Monday 6 November 2006
Thousands of campaigners demand action on climate change

Friday 3 November 2006
WWF urges governments and industry to act urgently on oceans' crisis

Thursday 2 November 2006
The British Embassy in Iceland presents Iceland with a demarche

Thursday 2 November 2006
Government failing the marine environment

Thursday 2 November 2006
The Blue Planet - in deep trouble

Monday 30 October 2006
Stern Review is a 'wake up call to the world'

Friday 27 October 2006
WWF and Boots work together calling for strong chemicals legislation

Friday 27 October 2006
Barber shop fined for selling ivory shaving brushes

Wednesday 25 October 2006
Public say politicians must do better on climate change

Tuesday 24 October 2006
The UK needs 3 planets to support it

Monday 23 October 2006
'Windfall tax' call on oil companies as profits announced

Friday 20 October 2006
WWF supports continued call by scientists for cod ban

Wednesday 18 October 2006
Breast cancer increases: Are hormone disrupting chemicals the reason?

Wednesday 18 October 2006
Icelandic resumption of commercial whaling

Wednesday 18 October 2006
Time to follow the scientists' advice on cod

Tuesday 17 October 2006
Bringing home the effects of climate change

Monday 16 October 2006
New rainforest orchids discovered by WWF

Friday 13 October 2006
Government indicates positive step towards One Planet Living

Thursday 12 October 2006
I Count campaign - Blair's last chance to stop climate chaos

Wednesday 11 October 2006
Toilet paper must get tougher

Wednesday 11 October 2006
REACH - European Parliament committee backs safer chemicals rules

Wednesday 11 October 2006
UK needs new climate change law

Tuesday 10 October 2006
Toxic boat paint pollution must stop

Thursday 5 October 2006
EU carbon trading at the crossroads

Tuesday 3 October 2006
Stern Review sets out economic imperative of climate change

Sunday 1 October 2006
Cameron forces Tory U-turn on chemicals

Friday 29 September 2006
Toxic shop syndrome

Wednesday 27 September 2006
Tragic loss of life in Nepal

Thursday 21 September 2006
Waiter! - There's a phthalate in my soup!

Tuesday 19 September 2006
Central England has warmed by one degree since 1960

Tuesday 19 September 2006
Shell's Sakhalin II environmental oil permit cancelled

Thursday 14 September 2006
Putting climate at the top of the agenda at party conferences

Tuesday 12 September 2006
Almost no bluefin tuna to be fished in the Mediterranean

Friday 8 September 2006
D-day for Shell pipeline

Thursday 7 September 2006
PC scoops WWF wildlife enforcer award

Wednesday 6 September 2006
Calls for economic growth could increase CO2

Tuesday 5 September 2006
Paraguay cuts deforestation by 85 per cent

Monday 4 September 2006
Death of Steve Irwin

Tuesday 29 August 2006
Katrina dwarfed by regional climate impact

Friday 25 August 2006
Government fails marine wildlife and habitats

Monday 21 August 2006
Weak pollution limit on industry puts climate change target out of reach

Thursday 17 August 2006
Largest Philippine oil spill might take years to clean up

Wednesday 16 August 2006
Water crisis hits rich countries

Tuesday 15 August 2006
Support grows for wave hub project

Monday 7 August 2006
DEFRA budget cuts

Monday 7 August 2006
Thames swimmer completes epic swim for climate change

Monday 7 August 2006
One Planet Living wins government support

Wednesday 2 August 2006
Lewis Pugh stops off at Downing Street to ask Tony Blair to act on climate change

Thursday 20 July 2006
Polar swimmer stops for school

Thursday 20 July 2006
Tiger habitat down from just a decade ago

Thursday 20 July 2006
Robert Napier named new Chairman of the Met Office

Wednesday 19 July 2006
More heatwaves predicted due to climate change

Tuesday 18 July 2006
Lost wetland landscape is restored

Monday 17 July 2006
G8 falls short on delivering real climate action

Thursday 13 July 2006
Climate change could threaten DFID development plans

Thursday 13 July 2006
What on Earth does David Miliband mean by 'One Planet Living'?

Tuesday 11 July 2006
Energy review is a damp squib

Monday 10 July 2006
Scottish Power tops green league table

Monday 10 July 2006
Focus on clean not nuclear energy

Wednesday 5 July 2006
Bluefin tuna fishery ravaged by illegal fishing

Thursday 29 June 2006
Schoolboy calls on government to act

Thursday 29 June 2006
Government ducks climate change challenge

Wednesday 28 June 2006
WWF launches world-first website to manage water resources

Tuesday 27 June 2006
New chameleon-like snake discovered in the 'Heart of Borneo'

Tuesday 27 June 2006
First ever eco-friendly soy arrives in Switzerland

Thursday 22 June 2006
Historic debt-for-nature swap to conserve the forests of Cameroon

Tuesday 20 June 2006
Lib Dems are right - nuclear power is a costly red herring

Tuesday 20 June 2006
Arctic peoples ask the EU to stop polluting them with chemicals

Monday 19 June 2006
European Fisheries Fund will increase pressure on denuded fish stocks

Monday 19 June 2006
Sad day for the International Whaling Commission

Monday 19 June 2006
Day of whaling shame for Denmark

Thursday 15 June 2006
Arctic wildlife contaminated by chemicals

Wednesday 14 June 2006
New compulsory energy rating for homes to help cut carbon emissions

Friday 9 June 2006
Giraffe's relative rediscovered in eastern Congo

Friday 9 June 2006
Restoring the Yangtze is a reality

Thursday 8 June 2006
Company law key to tackling poverty

Wednesday 7 June 2006
No major job losses from Emissions Trading Scheme

Wednesday 7 June 2006
Sunderland family are 'Footprinted'

Tuesday 6 June 2006
One planet challenge for the West Midlands

Tuesday 6 June 2006
Tough action on new housing required to avert water crisis

Friday 2 June 2006
HSBC supports WWF through two new initiatives

Wednesday 31 May 2006
Poaching crisis in Nepal as tigers and rhinos disappear

Friday 26 May 2006
Sunderland leads the way to a one planet economy

Wednesday 24 May 2006
First regional freshwater dolphin survey underway in South America

Wednesday 24 May 2006
Indecent Exposure in Cambridge

Tuesday 23 May 2006
British business can be profitable and a world leader in the environment

Tuesday 23 May 2006
WWF supports Severn Wonders

Tuesday 23 May 2006
Good day for fishing as backward subsidies blocked

Monday 22 May 2006
EU Commission organising U-turn in fisheries reform

Monday 22 May 2006
Shell breaks environmental standards again

Friday 19 May 2006
Bluefin tuna on verge of collapse?

Monday 15 May 2006
Future of cork oak forests hangs in the balance

Monday 15 May 2006
Industry given a licence to pollute

Friday 12 May 2006
Spain sucked dry by illegal water use

Friday 12 May 2006
David Cameron talks to our Ambassadors

Wednesday 10 May 2006
Communications holds the key to business sustainability

Tuesday 9 May 2006
Energy gap is a nuclear myth

Tuesday 9 May 2006
Indecent exposure - which unwanted chemicals are lurking in your life?

Friday 5 May 2006
Challenges ahead for the new Cabinet

Friday 5 May 2006
New TV series, Planet Action, focuses on WWF projects

Tuesday 2 May 2006
Global conservation crisis

Friday 28 April 2006
Shell poses unacceptable oil spill threat

Friday 28 April 2006
A Grand Design for One Planet Living

Thursday 27 April 2006
Heart of Borneo: medical treasure-trove at risk

Thursday 27 April 2006
Sir Menzies Campbell hits the spot on climate change

Thursday 27 April 2006
New report is not an excuse for new nuclear power

Monday 24 April 2006
WWF set to benefit from launch of Charities Lottery

Monday 24 April 2006
Bottom up approach needed to beat soil erosion

Friday 21 April 2006
UK taxes fund illegal logging

Friday 21 April 2006
Shell must suspend Sakhalin project

Friday 21 April 2006
Climate change goes to the heart of the political agenda

Thursday 13 April 2006
Land of the rabbits has lost its bunnies...

Tuesday 11 April 2006
Climate change capable of sparking mass extinction

Monday 10 April 2006
Tiger cubs in the taiga are cause for celebration

Friday 7 April 2006
Region under threat from massive sea level rise

Wednesday 5 April 2006
Africa's elephants threatened by Angola connection

Tuesday 4 April 2006
Urgent action needed to protect Sumatran elephants

Thursday 30 March 2006
London Local Authorities failing the forests

Thursday 30 March 2006
Blair must clarify climate change speech

Thursday 30 March 2006
UK CO2 emissions rise for the third consecutive year

Wednesday 29 March 2006
Mother takes on Arctic challenge

Wednesday 29 March 2006
Last chance to get proper Marine legislation

Tuesday 28 March 2006
West Midlands Council scoop top award

Tuesday 28 March 2006
Blair's credibility on climate change lies in tatters

Tuesday 28 March 2006
Conservation vision gives hope to treasure island

Friday 24 March 2006
Elephants made homeless on Sumatra

Thursday 23 March 2006
Prince of Wales receives top environmental award

Thursday 23 March 2006
Conservation is just a click away

Wednesday 22 March 2006
An a - z of water-saving tips

Tuesday 21 March 2006
Amazon rainforest could turn to savannah

Monday 20 March 2006
Protecting endangered species reduces poverty

Thursday 16 March 2006
Rhinos clinging to survival in the heart of Borneo

Monday 13 March 2006
Free-flowing rivers disappearing fast

Monday 13 March 2006
WWF opposes elephant captures on Sumatra

Friday 10 March 2006
Astounding snow leopard images on BBC One

Thursday 9 March 2006
First steps for the North to one planet economy

Thursday 9 March 2006
Government code brings sustainability closer to home

Tuesday 7 March 2006
A step towards a one planet budget?

Tuesday 7 March 2006
Environment Minister visits million pound new wetland

Monday 6 March 2006
Hydropower in Africa must benefit the poor

Friday 3 March 2006
The EU giveth and the EU taketh away...

Thursday 2 March 2006
Climate change forecasts a stormy outlook for the UK

Thursday 2 March 2006
Birmingham to weather extreme storms says report

Wednesday 1 March 2006
MPs go carbon dating to stop climate chaos

Tuesday 28 February 2006
EBRD should not fund Shell's Sakhalin project

Monday 27 February 2006
Namibia on the BBC

Thursday 23 February 2006
Government urged to back down over emissions row

Wednesday 22 February 2006
WWF discovers new coral reef and rare fish

Friday 17 February 2006
A good deal for green homes

Wednesday 15 February 2006
UK faces new oil disaster threats

Tuesday 14 February 2006
Naughty by nature...

Wednesday 8 February 2006
Wetlands vital for people and nature

Friday 3 February 2006
Dolphin death toll mounting

Thursday 2 February 2006
Blair must get tough on climate change

Thursday 2 February 2006
Celebrities put a piece of their heart on ebay!

Thursday 2 February 2006
New threat to marine life from sunken tanker

Tuesday 31 January 2006
Lucky escape for the marine environment

Monday 30 January 2006
Government report calls for action on climate change

Friday 27 January 2006
NGOs launch vision to transform paper industry

Thursday 26 January 2006
Banks failing environment and social standards

Thursday 26 January 2006
Birmingham MPs unite over action on climate change

Wednesday 25 January 2006
2005: the warmest year on record

Monday 23 January 2006
Energy Review is a nuclear smokescreen

Saturday 21 January 2006
Whale stranded in the Thames

Thursday 19 January 2006
Police gorilla raid on BB house - WWF response

Thursday 12 January 2006
Partnership could lead to runaway climate change

Monday 9 January 2006
Chimp week on the BBC

Tuesday 3 January 2006
International sales of caviar are suspended

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2005

Saturday 24 December 2005
Seasons greetings from WWF-UK

Thursday 22 December 2005
Fish quotas are bad news for cod

Monday 19 December 2005
Santa's winter wonderland is melting

Sunday 18 December 2005
Close deep water fisheries

Friday 16 December 2005
Tragic irony of the King Kong story

Friday 16 December 2005
Track the trunk...

Thursday 15 December 2005
Caviar catastrophe in Europe's black gold-rush

Thursday 15 December 2005
Too little too late for Shell's Sakhalin project

Tuesday 13 December 2005
Shell driving whales towards extinction

Tuesday 13 December 2005
A chemical betrayal

Monday 12 December 2005
Killer whales: the Arctic's most toxic mammals

Monday 12 December 2005
World warms to new climate talks

Friday 9 December 2005
Final stages of Montreal climate talks

Friday 9 December 2005
UK seas need proper planning

Friday 9 December 2005
Agreement at Montreal climate talks

Thursday 8 December 2005
Fisheries debate in Parliament welcome

Tuesday 6 December 2005
Mystery species discovered in Borneo

Monday 5 December 2005
Update from Montreal Climate talks

Thursday 1 December 2005
Government fails to get UK's house in order on Climate Change.

Wednesday 30 November 2005
Colombian farmers win green award

Tuesday 29 November 2005
Nuclear is too little, too late and too dangerous

Monday 28 November 2005
Stand firm on Kyoto at UN climate change talks

Monday 28 November 2005
Ready, steady, clean and green!

Sunday 27 November 2005
Shell fails EBRD's funding requirements

Wednesday 23 November 2005
Switzerland proposes to hunt it's last three wolves

Tuesday 22 November 2005
UK top of the pile in illegal logging scandal

Tuesday 22 November 2005
Cassian tells EU of climate change experience

Monday 21 November 2005
Flushing the world's forests down the toilet

Thursday 17 November 2005
EU chemicals vote leaves crucial loophole open

Thursday 17 November 2005
Climate change threat to fish

Monday 14 November 2005
Failing to make the dam grade

Monday 14 November 2005
Blair poised for failure on toxics and climate change

Monday 14 November 2005
Boscastle shop owners call for action on climate change

Friday 11 November 2005
NGOs urge Blair not to turn his back on climate change

Thursday 10 November 2005
Christmas gifts that won't cost the earth

Thursday 10 November 2005
WWF supporters steer into action to combat climate change

Wednesday 9 November 2005
Counting on carbon to meet climate change targets

Monday 7 November 2005
A 'Living Africa' at the Hoopers Gallery

Friday 4 November 2005
House building plans could fuel climate change

Thursday 3 November 2005
New species found on Fiji's Great Sea Reef

Tuesday 1 November 2005
Pirate fishing thrives under flags of convenience

Monday 31 October 2005
'Reduce' - WWF's major new marketing campaign

Wednesday 26 October 2005
New EU regulation will not curb illegal logging

Wednesday 26 October 2005
Papua New Guinea to allocate 12 protected areas

Tuesday 25 October 2005
Closure of all deep-sea fisheries urgently needed

Tuesday 25 October 2005
Locals for wind rather than nuclear future at Hinkley

Monday 24 October 2005
EU has power to freeze climate change

Thursday 20 October 2005
Officer scoops WWF wildlife enforcer award

Thursday 20 October 2005
WWF calls for tough action on illegal logging

Wednesday 19 October 2005
WWF speaks out at climate change inquiry

Wednesday 19 October 2005
WWF's Forest & Trade Network logs a successful 2004

Monday 17 October 2005
Time to enter the 2006 BEMAs

Friday 7 October 2005
Grandmother takes chemical load to Brussels

Thursday 6 October 2005
Species threat from climate change revealed

Wednesday 5 October 2005
New wildlife law bares its teeth at last

Tuesday 4 October 2005
Dirty Thirty - Europe's worst climate polluting power stations

Monday 3 October 2005
Environment ejected from Labour conference

Monday 3 October 2005
Tourist free for all destroys unique turtle habitat

Monday 26 September 2005
Tigers are not Aspirin

Tuesday 20 September 2005
Cod over-fished despite ban

Thursday 15 September 2005
A tale of two turtles

Thursday 15 September 2005
Environment becalmed on world stage

Tuesday 13 September 2005
Save water, serve people

Friday 9 September 2005
Safer chemical future demanded from Prime Minister

Thursday 8 September 2005
Why are non-stick chemicals in our babies?

Tuesday 6 September 2005
Orang-utan poachers not being prosecuted

Tuesday 6 September 2005
Housebuilders improving on sustainability

Monday 5 September 2005
EU and China sign climate change agreement

Thursday 1 September 2005
Huge coalition to combat climate change

Wednesday 31 August 2005
Climate change to cause chaos in UK seas

Friday 12 August 2005
Disaster for Borneo's forests?

Thursday 11 August 2005
Europe feels the heat

Monday 8 August 2005
Massive tiger bone seizure

Thursday 4 August 2005
New bird hide launched as wetland takes shape

Friday 29 July 2005
Rhino poaching gang smashed

Thursday 28 July 2005
UK power giants failing the climate

Thursday 28 July 2005
What cost a species?

Wednesday 27 July 2005
Expected US-brokered deal is no Kyoto alternative

Friday 22 July 2005
Lundy lobsters bounce back in UK's first no-take zone

Friday 22 July 2005
Wildlife law given teeth at last!

Tuesday 19 July 2005
One company two faces?

Wednesday 13 July 2005
UK needs new climate change law

Wednesday 13 July 2005
WWF appoints new Director General

Friday 8 July 2005
G8 statement fails to deliver on climate change

Wednesday 6 July 2005
London can now host greenest ever Olympics

Tuesday 5 July 2005
Bush's selfish response to global climate change

Tuesday 5 July 2005
Chemical ban is good news, but not good enough

Monday 4 July 2005
Bush administration: you are the weakest link

Friday 1 July 2005
Mediterranean melt down could mean tourist trauma

Thursday 30 June 2005
Caught: gigantic freshwater fish

Wednesday 29 June 2005
Climate change - a serious business risk for the financial industry

Tuesday 21 June 2005
Climate change at the G8 Summit

Monday 20 June 2005
Africa pays price for G8 climate blind spot

Friday 17 June 2005
1000s of orang-utans killed for their babies

Friday 17 June 2005
Amur tigers - running to stand still

Friday 17 June 2005
Support for Education for Sustainable Development

Tuesday 14 June 2005
Europe must conserve the planet's precious resources

Monday 13 June 2005
Needless whale slaughter in the name of science

Wednesday 8 June 2005
Marine campaigners press for protection of UK seas

Wednesday 8 June 2005
Not so Dolphin-friendly after all...

Tuesday 7 June 2005
Most of Borneo's forests destroyed by 2020

Monday 6 June 2005
Great homes are at the heart of Green cities

Wednesday 1 June 2005
Baby boys' sexual development threatened

Friday 27 May 2005
WWF celebrates Draft Marine Bill

Friday 27 May 2005
Financial institutions should bank on the environment

Thursday 19 May 2005
Shocking Amazon deforestation

Monday 16 May 2005
I'm a celebrity... Get it out of me!

Thursday 12 May 2005
Escaped farmed fish threaten wild salmon stocks

Wednesday 4 May 2005
Hot air in election period sees greenhouse gas emissions rise

Wednesday 4 May 2005
Rhino Mayday 2005

Tuesday 3 May 2005
Surrey election candidate supports tougher action on climate change

Friday 29 April 2005
Wood windows better than PVC

Friday 29 April 2005
Costa Rican turtle expert wins top conservation award

Tuesday 26 April 2005
Aceh: Stop talking, send timber

Monday 25 April 2005
New species in Borneo highlight urgent need for conservation

Tuesday 19 April 2005
Chinese companies show environmental awareness

Tuesday 19 April 2005
Catastrophe for Nepal's rhinos

Thursday 7 April 2005
Industry and NGOs urge EU to ban illegal timber imports

Wednesday 6 April 2005
Deep restaurant opening

Friday 1 April 2005
World Bank finance for Laos dam a blow for the environment

Thursday 31 March 2005
WWF celebrates the lynx effect!

Wednesday 30 March 2005
WWF puts Houses of Parliament under water

Tuesday 29 March 2005
Kenya carves its place in forests' history

Tuesday 29 March 2005
Up-close exploration of top WWF conservation programmes

Thursday 24 March 2005
British public call for tougher action on climate change

Thursday 24 March 2005
Government must act now to save UK fishing industry

Friday 18 March 2005
WWF fights for the forgotten dolphins

Thursday 17 March 2005
Action needed on illegal timber

Tuesday 15 March 2005
G8 must act now on climate change or the world will pay the price

Tuesday 15 March 2005
Brown engages in the climate change debate

Monday 14 March 2005
Caught on film: WWF captures tiger, tiger bites back

Monday 14 March 2005
Water crisis looms as Himalayan glaciers retreat

Friday 11 March 2005
Government backs down over emissions increase

Wednesday 9 March 2005
UK mobilised to save sea life

Wednesday 9 March 2005
Iberian lynx could be extinct in 5 years due to EU and Spain

Tuesday 8 March 2005
Government recognises need for marine action

Tuesday 8 March 2005
China's rising wood imports threaten the world's forests

Monday 7 March 2005
Tony Blair signals radical move towards 'One Planet Economy'

Tuesday 1 March 2005
Government report confirms need for a Marine Bill

Tuesday 22 February 2005
WWF welcomes continued DFID partnership

Thursday 17 February 2005
Arctic is a chemical dump

Wednesday 16 February 2005
Call for sustainable timber to be used in Tsunami reconstruction

Wednesday 16 February 2005
Risk of extinction to gray whales if Shell project continues

Tuesday 15 February 2005
Whale scientists must determine fate of Shell project in Russian Far East

Friday 11 February 2005
Avoid Valentines Day headaches - don't buy your lover perfume

Friday 11 February 2005
Kyoto - first step to contain the threat of climate change

Thursday 10 February 2005
Blair moves on climate change

Thursday 3 February 2005
Time for action on climate change

Wednesday 2 February 2005
Climate change will undermine African poverty eradication

Tuesday 1 February 2005
Switch on to green electricity

Tuesday 1 February 2005
Dangerous levels of climate change could strike by 2026

Monday 31 January 2005
Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit

Monday 31 January 2005
Environment Minister's visit must boost efforts to tackle climate change

Monday 24 January 2005
Baltic fish may be too toxic for Britain

Friday 21 January 2005
World Bank must insist on strategic assessments for 'megaprojects'

Tuesday 18 January 2005
UK seas in crisis: new report shows species in serious decline

Tuesday 18 January 2005
WWF and WI take a bus full of toxics to the EU

Monday 10 January 2005
Green reconstruction vital in the aftermath of the tsunami

Friday 7 January 2005
WWF Tsunami update 2

Wednesday 5 January 2005
Free training material on sustainable construction

Tuesday 4 January 2005
WWF update on tsunami disaster

Top

2004

Monday 27 December 2004
WWF mourns loss of life in Asian quake

Thursday 23 December 2004
A new year... and new challenges

Wednesday 22 December 2004
Ministers fail yet again to protect fish stocks

Wednesday 22 December 2004
EU emissions trading: scheme undermined by excess allowances to industry

Tuesday 21 December 2004
Santa's reindeer are girls - equal opportunities at the North Pole?

Tuesday 21 December 2004
WWF condemns withdrawal of North Sea closed areas proposal

Tuesday 14 December 2004
WWF and Vodacom link small island to mainland Tanzania

Thursday 9 December 2004
Fears for the survival of man's closest relative

Thursday 9 December 2004
WWF brings the Arctic to Westminster to highlight the threats of climate change

Wednesday 8 December 2004
WWF response to Defra climate change consultation

Wednesday 8 December 2004
Commission gets serious about fish conservation

Tuesday 7 December 2004
Royal Commission report proposes 30 per cent of UK fisheries to close

Thursday 2 December 2004
WWF Mourns loss of Founder-President

Thursday 2 December 2004
Water companies to increase funding for wetland conservation

Tuesday 30 November 2004
Power companies fail to invest in a clean energy future

Tuesday 30 November 2004
WWF's 'Earthly Goods' catalogue scoops major award

Tuesday 23 November 2004
British Environment and Media Award winners announced