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• U.S. Lags Behind G8 Nations in Growing Clean Energy Economy, Reducing Emissions

  As Congress debates landmark energy and climate legislation, a new analysis released today finds the United States lags far behind most other G8 nations in building a clean energy economy and cutting greenhouse gas pollution.

  July 01, 2009

• Feedback on Draft Standards for Pangasius Aquaculture to be Focus of August Dialogue Meeting

  Feedback on draft global standards for pangasius aquaculture that was received during the first public comment period for the standards will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue, to be held August 5-6 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

  July 01, 2009

• WWF Welcomes House Passage Of Landmark Energy And Climate Legislation

  June 26, 2009 – In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation that would constitute America’s biggest step to date in responding to the energy and climate crises.   

  June 26, 2009

• Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade

  Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.

  June 25, 2009

• Himalayan Youth Run to Combat Climate Change

  To call attention to the imminent dangers of the Imja Lake Outburst to their way of life, the Sherpa communities in Nepal’s Khumbu region organized a “Beat the GLOF” action run. The dramatic increase in the size of the Himalayan Mountains’ glacial lakes is a direct consequence of climate change, which is melting Himalayan glaciers into lakes at an unprecedented pace. This has created the threat of potentially deadly GLOFs – Glacial Lake Outburst Floods – to the people living in the Himalayas.

  June 24, 2009

• Disappearing dolphins clamor for attention at whale summit

  Small whales are disappearing from the world’s oceans and waterways as they fall victim to fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss – compounded by a lack of conservation measures such as those developed for great whales.

  A new WWF report: Small cetaceans: The Forgotten Whales (link), states that inadequate conservation measures are pushing small cetaceans – such as dolphins, porpoises and small whales – toward extinction as their survival is overshadowed by efforts to save their larger cousins.

   

  June 24, 2009

• World Wildlife Fund and GLOBALGAP Partner on Aquaculture Dialogue Standards

  WASHINGTON, DC and KOELN, GERMANY: GLOBALGAP will offer an expansion to its program so aquaculture producers can be certified in one step for implementing practices that help ensure the production of safe food in conjunction with environmentally and socially responsible farming.

  June 24, 2009

• Norway, Japan prop up whaling industry with taxpayer money

  The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling.

  June 18, 2009

• Mekong Dolphins on the Brink of Extinction

   

  June 18, 2009

• Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue to Meet in Thailand in July

  The Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue will convene its next meeting in Pattaya, Thailand to encourage producers, conservationists, scientists and others to provide input on the development of global standards for the abalone farming industry – an industry that produces almost 70 percent of the abalone consumed worldwide.

  June 18, 2009

• Climate Change Impacts Being Felt From Coast To Coast, U.S. Government Announces

  Every region of the United States – from the East Coast to the West Coast, plus Alaska and Hawaii – is experiencing significant, adverse impacts from climate change including droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires – and these widespread impacts will grow during the course of the century, concludes a major new report issued today by the White Hou

  June 16, 2009

• New Russian Arctic Park to Protect Key Polar Bear Habitat

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced today that Russia will create a new 1.5 million hectare park in the Arctic, a central area for the Barents and Kara Sea polar bear populations.

  June 16, 2009

• Scientists find whales more endangered in Exxon, BP and Rosneft oil areas

   

  June 11, 2009

• Don’t break promises, help the poorest fight climate change – WWF tells G8 finance chiefs

  The G8 must stick to its past financial commitments to help the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) address the disastrous impacts of climate change, WWF said ahead of a meeting of the group’s finance ministers.

  June 11, 2009

• A new management vision for the Galápagos’ fisheries

  In January 2009, the management authorities of the Galápagos Marine Reserve (GMR) unanimously approved a fishery management plan, locally referred to as the “Fishing Chapter”. This plan was created – over a three-year period -- by the Galápagos National Park, the National Institute of Galápagos and the National Fisheries Institute. Representatives of the local artisanal fishing sector – who received scientific advice from WWF, the Charles Darwin Foundation, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano and FUNDAR – also contributed to the creation of this plan. 

  June 10, 2009

• WWF, Other NGOs Draft Benchmark Copenhagen Climate Treaty

  Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organizations today unveiled their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement. This will serve as the benchmark for governments negotiating a new climate deal this year and shows how major differences between rich and poor nations can be overcome.

  June 09, 2009

• WWF, Carlos Slim Foundation And Mexican Government Launch Landmark Conservation Effort In Mexico

  WWF, along with the Fundación Carlos Slim and the Mexican Federal Government, has launched an initiative that aims to establish Mexico as a global model for conservation by protecting its rich natural heritage and promoting sustainable development within six priority regions that collectively represent 30 percent of the country. 

  June 04, 2009

• Press Release - Launch of New Initiative in Mexico

  WWF, along with the Fundación Carlos Slim and the Mexican Federal Government, today launched an initiative that aims to establish Mexico as a global model for conservation by protecting its rich natural heritage and promoting sustainable development within six priority regions that collectively represent 30 percent of the country.

  June 04, 2009

• New WWF Podcast Showcases Innovative Efforts To Save World's Wild Places, Species

  World Wildlife Fund has launched a podcast series to tell the stories of scientists, researchers and others on the frontlines of the struggle to preserve the natural world. The podcast, called “The Wild Things,” will be written and produced by award-winning journalist John Nielsen, formerly an environment correspondent at National Public Radio.

  June 01, 2009

• Delegates Must Strengthen UN Drafts To Strike Ambitious Climate Deal

  The new texts presented by the UN give a solid basis for negotiation and if strengthened, allow agreeing on a climate change treaty which is capable of minimizing the devastating effects of climate change, WWF said ahead of the upcoming climate change talks in Bonn.

  June 01, 2009

• Soy Industry Adopts Environmental Standards

  Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats.

  May 29, 2009

• Process of Creating Standards for Tilapia Farming Enters Final Stage

  The final step in the process of creating global standards for tilapia farming began today, when the Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue kicked off the last public comment period for the draft standards.

  May 26, 2009

• Climate for Life: A call from the Himalayas

  In the campaign’s dramatic opening event, veteran Everest summiteer Apa Sherpa carried a climate change banner to the summit of the world’s highest mountain. After a grueling 6 weeks, Apa completed his 19th ascent to the top of the world on May 21, 2009, where he placed the message “Stop climate change – let the Himalayas live.”

  May 21, 2009

• Utah Resident Takes Climate Change Message to the Top of the World During Record 19th Everest Ascent

  Utah Resident Apa Sherpa unveiled a banner on the summit of Mount Everest today telling the world to take urgent action on climate change and save his native Himalayas. The banner containing the WWF message – "Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!" was unveiled as he summited Everest for a record 19^th time.

  May 21, 2009

• IBM Extends Partnership with WWF's Climate Savers Program

  World Wildlife Fund and IBM today announced that IBM is furthering its participation in the WWF Climate Savers program, committing to a second generation Climate Savers goal to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 12 percent below 2005 levels by 2012.  IBM expects the reductions will build upon the company's prior success in cutting carbon emissions by nearly 2.7 million metric tons between 1990 and 2005—equivalent to 40 percent of the company’s 1990 global greenhouse gas emissions—and saving over $270 million through its annual energy conservation actions. 

  May 21, 2009