World Wildlife Fund

Recent Press Releases

• World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy Release First-Ever Comprehensive Global Map of Freshwater Systems   May 08, 2008
  

  Over a decade of work and contributions by more than 200 leading conservation scientists have produced a first-ever comprehensive map and database of the diversity of life in the world’s freshwater ecosystems. The map and associated fish data – a collaborative project between World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy -- are featured in the May issue of the journal BioScience.

• Businesses Seeking Expertise from the Conservation Community Now Have Clear Steps for Moving Ahead on Sustainable Seafood   May 08, 2008
  

  World Wildlife Fund is one of more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian organizations that today released steps companies can take to develop and implement a comprehensive, corporate policy on sustainable, wild-caught and farmed seafood. The “Common Vision for Environmentally Sustainable Seafood” highlights a clear path for achieving sustainability in the seafood industry.

• Gulf Coast Students and WWF to Explore How Vulnerable Region is to Climate Change   May 01, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON—Twenty-five high school students displaced by Hurricane Katrina will join WWF and scientists to examine the southeastern United States’ vulnerability to climate change under research awards from WWF and Allianz Foundation for North America this spring.

• World Wildlife Fund and Aquarium of the Pacific Partner to Help Save One of the World’s Most Important Wildlife Havens   April 30, 2008
  

  Described by Jacques Cousteau as the world’s aquarium, Mexico’s Gulf of California is one of five marine ecosystems in the world with the highest diversity of wildlife. But pressures from unsustainable tourism, development, and commercial fishing are threatening the wildlife and the way of life for the people of the region. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Aquarium of the Pacific have formed a partnership to help save the Gulf of California.

• Wildlife Protection Bill Advances in House   April 30, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON – Legislation to protect endangered and iconic animals, including leopards, cheetahs and gray wolves, passed a key congressional panel today and was cleared for a vote by the full U.S. House of Representatives.  World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) chief scientist, Dr. Eric Dinerstein, testified in support of the bill at a hearing in September.

• This Mother’s Day, celebrate mother nature and all the moms in your life   April 28, 2008
  

  This Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 11) you can show every one of the moms in your life how much you care with a gift from World Wildlife Fund’s Online Gift Center.  WWF Mother’s Day gifts are not only perfect for any mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, daughter, or mother to be, but also provide a way to help Mother Earth.

• Climate Change Hitting Arctic Faster, Harder   April 24, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON – Climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought, according to a new study by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

• WWF-Backed Oceans Bill Clears Congressional Panel   April 23, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON – A key congressional panel today passed a landmark bill, strongly backed by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), that would reinvigorate the health of U.S. coastal waters and bolster the sustainability of the oceans.

• Reducing Deforestation is Key to Addressing Climate Change, WWF Official Tells Congress   April 22, 2008
  

  WASHINGTON -- National and international plans to combat climate change must address the root causes of deforestation, which is responsible for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) official said in testimony before the U.S. Senate today. 

• 36 Million Americans Take Part in WWF's Earth Hour   April 21, 2008
  

  World Wildlife Fund announced today that an estimated 36 million Americans took part in Earth Hour, a global event in support for action on climate change that took place March 29, 2008.