WWF-UK news
Committee on Climate Change proposes world leading emissions cuts
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent body set up to advise the Government on climate change, today announced its recommendations for the UK’s first three carbon budgets.
Ministers announce collaboration on Marine Bill
1 December 2008
WWF has welcomed a commitment by the UK government and devolved administrations to a joined-up approach to marine planning in UK waters.
Reward for officers fighting crimes against wildlife
A police constable who helped convict two men of harassing a dolphin will receive the WWF Wildlife Law Enforcer of the Year Award at the Police and Customs Wildlife Enforcement Conference in Fife tomorrow.
Budget needs added value for environment, says WWF
26 November 2008
Government plans to improve energy efficiency in the home and tax long-haul flights are welcome, but more ambitious action is needed to help the UK move to a low-carbon economy, WWF said today.
Project witnesses threat to polar bears
26 November 2008
WWF has just finished working in Canada on a unique project, organised by Polar Bears international (PBI), which highlighted the way climate change is now threatening polar bears.
Tuna decision a ‘disgrace’
25 November 2008
WWF has branded the commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery a “disgrace” after it voted today to allow unsustainable fishing to continue.
Oceans need more protection, survey shows
21 November 2008
WWF is concerned at the findings of a major new survey by The Nature Conservancy, which reveals that less than 1% of the world’s oceans have protected status.
EU urged to guard against Arctic resource rush
20 November 2008
WWF has welcomed a warning issued today by the European Commission of the danger of a new rush for the Arctic’s natural resources.
Thousands join bluefin tuna boycott
20 November 2008
Almost 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have joined restaurants, retailers and chefs in boycotting Mediterranean bluefin tuna until stocks have recovered and commercial fishing is properly controlled and managed.
Pollution permit revenues could help tackle climate change
19 November 2008
The UK government should set aside the revenue raised from today’s first UK auction of pollution credits to tackle climate change, according to a new joint paper released by WWF and Oxfam.
Illegal trade in European wild birds highlighted
The illegal hunting of European wild birds for food in the European Union – an issue of concern to WWF – has been raised during a meeting of EU government agencies involved in regulating wildlife trade.
New regulation signals higher standards on energy efficiency for local authorities
WWF welcomes the safe passage of the Planning and Energy Bill, a Private Members Bill introduced by Michael Fallon MP.
Final chance for Mediterranean bluefin tuna
The fate of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna is being decided at a meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Marrakech, Morocco.
Huge haul of dead owls and live lizards in Malaysia
WWF is urging people and governments to help tackle illegal hunting and trading after thousands of endangered wild animals were seized in two raids in Malaysia. The animals, including over 7,000 live clouded monitor lizards and almost 900 ’oven-ready’ plucked owls, were probably bound for China to be sold in restaurants.
Logging plan threatens rhinos and tigers
Habitats of the critically-endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the endangered Malayan tiger are under threat from a plan to clear more than 18,000 hectares of forest in north-eastern Malaysia.
Making the first move
Join us at a WWF-backed debate in London this December, which looks at the challenges we all face in making the first move to address global environmental problems.
Controls needed on China’s wildlife trade
China’s rapidly increasing and unsustainable wildlife trade – including its traditional medicine trade, its consumption of wild animals and the use of commodities such as wood – needs greater control, says a new report supported by WWF.
Crisis in the Congo
The current humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in urgent WWF action to support displaced people and the local environment, as well as to evacuate the rangers who protect DRC’s mountain gorillas.
Norway must drive a fair deal for North Sea cod
WWF today welcomed proposals by the European Commission to cut back on fishing for North Sea sole and prawn (nephrops) in 2009, but expressed disappointment at the lack of protection for recovering North Sea cod stocks.
WWF sets sail around the world
Leading yachtsman Mike Golding will be flying the flag for marine conservation when he sets sail in the Vendée Globe round-the-world yacht race on 9 November.