21 August 2008
River management and climate change adaptation must go hand in hand
Managers and stakeholders in freshwater systems need to stop talking about adaptation to climate change and start taking action, WWF, the conservation organisation, told World Water Week in Stockholm today. |
1 August 2008
Renewables and energy efficiency could plug the 'energy gap'
Energy experts say renewables and energy efficiency could plug the 'energy gap'. |
30 July 2008
Committee findings highlight need for robust Marine Bill
WWF-UK welcomes the findings of the joint committee report on the Draft Marine Bill which have been published today (30 July). The report raises important points about the need to strengthen the provisions of the Marine Bill to ensure our seas are managed sustainably. |
16 July 2008
Thames faces floods and droughts
People living within the Thames basin face increased risk of floods and droughts as the landscape changes as a result of climate change, according to a new WWF-UK report released today. |
15 July 2008
2008 - Year of the Marine Bill
After campaigning for eight years the inclusion of a Marine bill in the draft Queens Speech was a landmark day for WWF. Our seas are among the most heavily exploited in the world. To date legislation and planning has developed in an ad-hoc manner on a sector by sector basis. |
15 July 2008
Welcome to the Spring Newsletter from WWF Cymru!
Spring 2008 got off to a great start for WWF Cymru, marking a landmark success as we saw 8 years worth of hard work come to fruition with the inclusion of a Marine Bill in the draft Queens Speech. But that is far from being the only success story you will read about in the following pages. |
15 July 2008
Spring update from WWF Cymru's policy officers
WWF-UK:. WWF-UK homepage. Section navigation. Spring update from WWF Cymru's policy officers Head of Policy Anne Meikle updates us on the ONE PLANET WALES campaign Wales' residents have plunged into eco- debt, despite the fact that Welsh resident's have, on average, the lowest ecological footpri... |
15 July 2008
Turn the tide to Save Scottish Seas
Scotland's environment charities call for tough measures to protect the marine environment in the Scottish Marine Bill... |
15 July 2008
WWF Get on Board petition delivered to Downing Street
After a 10 day voyage in the Arctic, students Emma Biermann and Casper ter Kuile from Warwick University have been to Downing Street to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. |
15 July 2008
No justice for cod
The Council of the European Union can ignore scientific advice and set fishing quotas that put fragile cod stocks at risk. |
15 July 2008
Historic move to protect Alps of the undersea
WWF welcomes the commitment by international governments to protect the vast underwater mountain chain in the Atlantic Ocean, called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. |
15 July 2008
Anarchy on high seas under flags of convenience
Thousands of ships sailing the world's oceans are effectively without nationality, enabling their owners to easily evade international laws and resulting in illegal activities such as pirate fishing, arms smuggling and people trafficking. |
15 July 2008
Students return from Arctic to champion WWF's climate change campaign
We cannot afford to wait. |
15 July 2008
Scientists find whales innocent of global decline in fisheries
Great whales are not responsible for the degraded state of the world's fisheries. |
15 July 2008
WWF-UK's chairman retires
Christopher Ward has retired as chairman of WWF-UK after a long association with the charity. |
13 June 2008
Early closure of bluefin tuna fishery is still too late
The WWF Network welcomes today's move by the European Commission to close the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to EU industrial fleets on 16 June, two weeks before the official season ends - but reminds policymakers of the need now for urgent and more far-reaching fisheries management reform to avoid the collapse of ... |
6 June 2008
Italian planes caught in illegal bluefin tuna hunt
WWF has called on the EU to investigate the use of illegal spotter planes by at least 28 Italian industrial fishing fleets to detect fish stocks in the waters between the central Mediterranean islands of Malta, Pantelleria and Lampedusa. |
30 May 2008
Biodiversity loss recognised as key global issue
WWF welcomed the long overdue recognition of global species and biological (biodiversity) loss as a key development issue, in a major economic report released on Thursday at the annual, UN-organised Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn in Germany. |
16 May 2008
Biodiversity plummets as resource use soars
Biodiversity has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years, a new report from WWF shows. |
14 May 2008
Full steam ahead for the Marine Bill
UK seas may finally get the protection they need, as Gordon Brown has indicated that a Marine Bill will be included in the Queen's Speech later this year. WWF-UK has campaigned for more than eight years to secure proper legislation for UK seas, and we are delighted that the government has begun to realise its duty to l... |
14 May 2008
Full steam ahead for UK Marine Bill
UK seas may finally get some of the protection they need, with indications by Gordon Brown that a Marine Bill will be included in the Queen's Speech later this year. |
6 May 2008
Recreational boat owners urged to protect wildlife
A new WWF-backed DVD will help recreational boat owners to reduce the number of injuries and deaths of animals from boat collision.. |
24 April 2008
Climate change: Arctic impact accelerates
A new study by WWF warns that climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought. |
16 April 2008
Illegal fishers plunder Arctic waters
WWF-UK warns in a new report that Alaska pollock, a species increasingly being promoted in the UK as an alternative to overfished cod, is at threat from illegal fishing. |
3 April 2008
Marine Bill needed for all of UK
The draft Marine Bill published today by the Government includes encouraging measures to protect our marine environment, but its effectiveness will be limited unless it is implemented throughout the UK, said experts at WWF-UK. |
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