Environmental conservation work in Argentina

Latest news and publications

Humpback whales (<I>Megaptera novaeangliae</I>) migrate from Antarctica to the South Pacific every winter to mate and give birth.

20 Jun 2008
Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found. » Read more

Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.

The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more

15 Nov 2007
WWF competition nets sustainable fishing solutions
A team of inventors from the United States has won the third WWF International Smart Gear Competition for an invention that could save fish and other marine life from dying or being discarded each year. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Apr 2008 - Started: Apr 1998

Conservation of Atlantic Forests

The project's goal is to develop and implement an overall ecoregion conservation strategy for Brazil's Atlantic Forests. In the short-term, it will... » Read more

Modified: Apr 2008 - Started: Jul 1998

Coordination for Conservation of the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion

With the advent of ecoregion-based conservation in 1997 and the identification of the Atlantic Forest as one of the most important ecoregions in the w... » Read more

Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: Nov 2005

Jaguar Conservation in the Upper Parana Atlantic Forest

The project aims to monitor jaguars and collect science-based information to develop a Population and Habitat Viability Analysis (PHVA) in the Upper P... » Read more

Website

www.vidasilvestre.org.ar

Offices

Fundacion Vida Silvestre,
Buenos Aires
Defensa 251 - 6 Piso "K" 1065 Capital Federal Buenos Aires
Argentina

T: +54 11 4343 4086
F: +54 11 4331 3631

Fundacion Vida Silvestre,
Mar del Plata
Programa Marino (Marine Program) Cordoba 2920 - 4o B 7600 Mar del Plata
Argentina

T: +54 223 494 1877

Fundacion Vida Silvestre,
Puerto Iguazu
Fundacion Vida Silvestre Programa Selva Paranaense (Atlantic Forest) Av. Cordoba 464 3370 Puerto Iguazu - Misiones
Argentina

T: +54 3757 422370