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07 Oct 2008
Italy in flagrant flouting of tuna rules
Italy’s widespread disregard of fisheries management rules for Mediterranean bluefin tuna has been confirmed by a new WWF report – Lifting the lid on Italy’s bluefin tuna fishery – surveying Italian catches, markets and transfers to fish farms.
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06 Oct 2008
More Mammals Seeing Red
Marine mammals, such as the Narwhal and Irawaddy dolphin, and land mammals, such as tree kangaroos were confirmed to be closer to extinction by IUCN’s updated Red List of Threatened Species.
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06 Oct 2008
New Madagascar project to measure carbon savings from forest conservation
Up to 500,000 hectares of moist and spiny forests in Madagascar are to be protected or restored in a pioneering project which will include testing ways to measure climate impacts.
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06 Oct 2008
Thai tiger heroes recognized
A naval officer who uncovered six tiger carcasses being illegally exported was among 10 Thai nationals honoured recently by the international environmental conservation community.
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03 Oct 2008
Nations protect land better than seas
With just over a year to go for countries to meet internationally agreed biodiversity protection targets, the world’s nations are showing themselves much more adept at protecting land areas than territorial seas.
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02 Oct 2008
Sustainability ‘no longer just CSR’ says WWF chief
Sustainability is no longer just a matter of corporate social responsibility (CSR), it is a fundamental business proposition, James Leape, Director General of WWF International, told a business audience in Geneva this week.
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01 Oct 2008
Brazil announces new measures to stem Amazon assault
Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that 756km2 of Amazon forest were cleared in August, triple the 230km2 cleared in August 2007.
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01 Oct 2008
EU ministers fishing in the dark
A plan to reform the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) by fiddling with catch quotas are not enough in the face of failing fisheries, WWF-France said yesterday.
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01 Oct 2008
Major Bosnian karst polje receives international recognition
What may be the world’s largest karst polje – a distinctive landscape shaped by water and soluble rocks – has been officially recognised as a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
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01 Oct 2008
Stronger European climate action could have €25 billion health benefit
Health savings of up to 25 billion euros could be achieved every year in Europe if the European Union immediately opted for stronger climate policies, says a new study published by health and environment NGOs. » Read more
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