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.
A visit today (31 October) by HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall to Brunei is focussing attention on the country’s valuable and extensive area of peat lands and forests.
WWF-Brazil has launched a four-week expedition into two little-known and highly-sensitive regions of the Amazon rainforest.
WWF is urging the European Union to take much stronger action following the announcement of the European Commission’s long-awaited proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and tackling illegal logging.
Funding for developing countries to reduce deforestation and forest degradation should be part of the future global agreement to tackle climate change, WWF said today.