China approved for controlled ivory imports from Africa
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 July 2008—China has been approved as a buyer of the one-off sale of African Elephant ivory under strict conditions. The decision was taken at a Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
Pioneers for responsibly farmed pangasius recognized
Vietnam’s pangasius sector will achieve its target to certify ten per cent of the country’s pangasius production under the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard by the end of 2012.
Vietnam’s pangasius sector will achieve its...
Promising Start to Plastic Pollution Negotiations as Countries Show Strong Support for Ambitious Global...
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a new legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution concluded today in Punta del Este, Uruguay. WWF welcomes the strong support shown for an ambitious...
U.S. Chamber Launches Distortion Campaign on Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington (January 12, 2012) – The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s disinformation campaign on the Keystone XL...
Effective action on bottom trawling scuttled in the final hours of negotiations
23 November 2006 UN fisheries negotiations ran into early this morning as delegates worked to find a compromise. They were looking at text which would have offered immediate protection for vulnerable areas in the...
Shale gas a dangerous experiment on environment and human health
Civil society groups call on member states to suspend existing 'fracking' projects and ban new ones.
A coalition of environmental and health NGOs warned the European Parliament today that hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) of shale gas,...
Raincoast secures ‘Spirit Bear’ trophy hunting territory
Bella Bella, British Columbia – On the heels of the coastal First Nations’ declaration opposing the hunting of grizzly and black bears on the central and north coast of BC, Raincoast Conservation Foundation has...
Deepwater horizon incident (Update 10)
Unified Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. More than 1,000...
Alternative fuel infrastructure deal is wasted opportunity for e-mobility
The European Parliament and Member States, concluding final negotiations today on the new fuel infrastructure law, failed to set-out a clear pathway for a low-carbon European transport network. Transport & Environment expresses disappointment at...
Two Rare Florida Panther Killed This Week; 11 so Far This Year
Washington, DC — Florida panther mortality is off to another record start in 2012, with the tenth and eleventh cats perishing this week. Panther deaths so far this year are nearly double replacement from...
Feds Fail to Protect West Coast Great White Sharks
The National Marine Fisheries Service today declined to protect great white sharks off the coast of California under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Although peer-reviewed scientific population estimates at the two primary white shark...
Landsat 8 helps unveil the coldest place on Earth
This is a media advisory from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists...
