Published by the World Wildlife Fund As the planet warms, we’re seeing a startling loss of Arctic sea ice. In fact, unusually high air temperatures and a warm ocean have led to a record low Arctic sea ice extent for November, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. This is a major concern when […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund China is a country of incredible size and beauty and home to many of the iconic species WWF works to protect, such as giant pandas and snow leopards. As the first conservation organization invited by the government to work in China, WWF has worked for more than 50 years to […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Remarks by Ibrahim Thiaw, UN Environment Deputy Executive Director At the COP 13 Session with the Mexican President Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27091&ArticleID=36324&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Drained and burned peatlands are responsible for up to 5 per cent of anthropogenic carbon emissions – 2015 Indonesian peat fires caused economic losses of US$ 16.1 billion – At their worst, daily emissions from Indonesia’s peat fires were greater than those of the entire US economy […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Mangroves protect and stabilize coastlines – particularly important as climate change brings more extreme storms and increased wave action. They also act as sinks, sequestering 3–5 percent more carbon per unit area than any other forest system. But mangroves are disappearing, cleared for urban and tourism development or felled for […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Opening Keynote for Convention for Biodiversity by Ibrahim Thiaw, UN Environment Deputy Executive Director Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27091&ArticleID=36317&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – United Nations and scientists bring together USD $60 million for new international management system to fight nitrogen pollution – Indispensable to life on earth, reactive nitrogen is a dangerous pollutant of air, water and soil, when released in large quantities Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27090&ArticleID=36316&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Ministers of Environment, Agriculture, Tourism , Fisheries and Forestry agree on urgent coordinated action to advance progress on biodiversity targets – Meeting adopts Cancun Declaration on Mainstreaming the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity for Well-Being – Countries also announce ambitious commitments in support of Aichi Targets […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Cleaner fuel to reduce air pollution for more than quarter of a billion people Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27090&ArticleID=36322&l=en
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Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Strict laws in some countries re-route illegal timber to less regulated markets – New report shows increased involvement of organized crime in illegal logging – Almost one-third of tropical timber traded worldwide may come from illegal forest land conversion Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27090&ArticleID=36315&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme President of Rwanda, Australian eco-innovator, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy, Indian organizer of world’s largest beach clean-up, Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres, and veteran Mexican biologist all lauded Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27090&ArticleID=36314&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund In the waning days of 2016, it’s important to pause for a moment to celebrate all we’ve accomplished for wildlife, people, and the planet in the past 12 months. Together, we pushed for new regulations to help shut down the illegal elephant ivory trade within our borders and to stop […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Governments need to ramp up efforts to stop biodiversity decline in light of pessimistic reports. – Time running out on global efforts to meet biodiversity targets with 2/3 still off track – Countries to focus on the value of biodiversity to engage other economic sectors as means […]
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Published by the World Wildlife Fund One of the last great stands of rain forest in the deforestation hotspot of the Indonesian island of Sumatra has welcomed an exciting new addition: a baby female orangutan. The infant is the first orangutan born in the Thirty Hills conservation concession since WWF and its partners began managing the […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Speech by Ibrahim Thiaw, UN Environment Deputy Executive Director at The Economist: Adapt or Die Conference Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27089&ArticleID=36311&l=en
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Earlier this year, WWF estimated an increase in the number of tigers worldwide, up to 3,890 in 2016 from an estimated 3,200 in 2010. But success to date is tenuous: According to a new report from WWF, tigers now face a threat far greater than many we’ve tackled before: linear […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The following piece was written by summer WWF intern Kate Rasmussen to offer readers a glimpse into the life of a next-generation rancher from the Northern Great Plains, one of the largest remaining intact grasslands in the world. These grasslands are dependent on grazing animals, and these days, cattle are […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Three ghostly figures march at a steady pace from left to right across a grainy screen—a small caravan of poachers on the hunt for wildlife in the Maasai Mara reserve in Africa. The footage shows them moving confidently under the cover of night; the protected area encompasses more than 500 […]