Published by the World Wildlife Fund Today we’re celebrating the fourth-annual World Wildlife Day—a time to reflect on the amazing diversity of wildlife on our planet and recommit to conservation. In the past year alone, we’ve had much to applaud when it comes to protecting wildlife and wild places: both the US and China began implementing […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund South African rhino poaching numbers for the last year show a decline for the second consecutive year due to concerted conservation efforts. However, there is still a long road ahead as Africa continues to lose an average of three rhinos a day to the ongoing poaching crisis. In 2016 alone, […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund South African rhino poaching numbers for the last year show a decline for the second consecutive year due to concerted conservation efforts. However, there is still a long road ahead as Africa continues to lose an average of three rhinos a day to the ongoing poaching crisis. In 2016 alone, […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Most trees could never survive salty ocean water. But mangroves aren’t just any trees. These species, found in tropical and subtropical regions, serve as a transition between marine to terrestrial environments. While mangroves provide valuable services for people and the planet, they’re disappearing at an alarming rate and human activity […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Phuchung Lachenpa is most at home in the high mountain valleys of India’s eastern Himalaya, which towers over his hometown of Lachen in Sikkim. A yak herder and trekking guide, he is intimately familiar with the local mountains and the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, which protects the eastern half of the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The latest survey of monarch butterfly’s winter habitat in Mexico is a stark reminder that these butterflies are in need of protection: The area occupied by the butterfly colonies has decreased 27% compared to last year’s survey, which is conducted every winter at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. The forest […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27093&ArticleID=36344&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27093&ArticleID=36346&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Money will go to greening marine economy and boosting resource efficiency among others – Since 2014, Italy contributed over 10.5 euro million to the Environment Fund Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27093&ArticleID=36345&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Delegates from the 12 snow leopard range countries met in Kathmandu to strengthen their commitment to snow leopard conservation and chart a way forward to secure a future for this elusive and endangered cat. With climate change threatening all of the Third Pole—the high mountains in Asia that are home […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund There is grim news for the world’s most endangered porpoise. A survey conducted last summer and just released last week estimates vaquita numbers are as low as 30 individuals. That’s half of what the vaquita population was just last year. And less than a third of its population in 2014. Why […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Wusa was a dedicated gorilla mother, doing her best to care for her three-month-old infant. But WWF staffers noticed something amiss with the adult gorilla in the Dzanag-Sangha Protected Areas of the Central African Republic. Her wrist was caught in a metal snare. Snares are generally intended to catch small […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – 19 banks and investors, totalling $6.6 trillion in assets set new criteria for sustainable financial instruments – An estimated $5 to 7 trillion a year is needed to achieve the global sustainable development goals – Banks manage $140 trillion of assets and institutional investors over $100 trillion […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund There is a Maasai saying, ‘If you are bold and clever, try to put a necklace on an elephant.’ That’s just what David Leto, a WWF-Kenya Elephant Officer whose father was killed by an elephant, is trying to do. He helps attach GPS collars to elephants in order to track […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund An endangered population of freshwater seals in Finland recently received a lifeline from volunteers in the form of human-made snowbanks. Lake Saimaa ringed seals need snow to build the lairs in which they give birth. They need the lairs to protect offspring from the cold, predators, and human disturbance. But […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Fund joins a coalition of 28 international investors controlling over $3 trillion in assets Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36341&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Forests are magnificent places teeming with a huge diversity of life. They are essential for life on Earth. They impact our lives in so many ways, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Eight of 10 species found on land live in forests, and almost 300 million […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36340&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36339&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund It’s official: 2016 is the hottest year on record. Earth’s surface temperatures in 2016 shattered all previous record highs since modern record keeping began in 1880, NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today. This is the third consecutive year of record warmth for the globe. And much […]