May 14, 2012
Gland, Switzerland. An ever-growing demand for resources by a growing population is putting tremendous pressures on our planet’s biodiversity and is threatening our future security,...
May 9, 2012
- Gland, 9 May 2012 - Corporate members of WWF's Climate Savers programme cut their carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 million tonnes over the period 1999 to 2011, according to an independent review of the programme released today. The figure is equivalent to double the current annual emissions of...
May 8, 2012
- Rotterdam, Netherlands: SKF Group, a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems and services has announced an ambitious series of emissions reductions measures as it became the world’s first industrial engineering company to join WWF’s Climate Savers Programme.
SKF’s climate strategy includes aggressive targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for SKF, its suppliers and logistics operations, as well as from its...
April 26, 2012
- Gland, Switzerland – Brazil’s Congress passed legislation late last night that strips the Amazon and other key regions of critical environmental protections, and grants amnesty to individuals accused of past illegal deforestation.
WWF condemns the new Forest Code bill, driven by retrograde sectors of Brazil’s powerful agribusiness industry, for its failure to account for severe social and environmental costs. Since 2006, Brazil has demonstrated that it can...
April 25, 2012
- Banda Aceh – WWF is calling on Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and police to investigate and take strict legal action against the perpetrator of the recent clearing of land known to house around 200 critically endangered orangutan in Aceh’s Tripa peat swamp.
Initial findings from the task force investigting the violations indicate several laws have been broken by the land owner, including the use of fires to clear land, clearing peat land deeper than 3 meters...
April 23, 2012
- Gland, Switzerland: World governments are meeting in New York this week for a final round of negotiations to decide the priorities for the Rio+20 Summit taking place in June this year.
The negotiations will be the best and last chance that we have to influence the agenda for Rio+20.
New text presented by the co-chairs to the Summit and released today, 23rd April 2012, will serve as a basis for the negotiators gathering in New York and will set...
March 26, 2012
- European, Japanese taxpayers unwittingly underwrite continued
forest and tiger habitat destruction.
Pekanbaru, Sumatra; Gland, Switzerland: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has been accused of a “double default” on international creditors, after an investigation revealed that the company has decimated tropical forests it promised to conserve under “legally binding” debt restructuring agreements.
“APP Default on Environmental Covenant,” a new...
February 29, 2012
- Gland, Switzerland – Global conservation organization WWF has welcomed the release of an acoustic version of Kirsty Bertarelli's song “Green”, the proceeds of which are destined to support WWF conservation projects around the world.
Kirsty Bertarelli was inspired to produce an acoustic version of Green after she performed live at WWF's 50th anniversary Panda Ball last year.
“It was such an honour to be a guest at WWF's Panda Ball. I performed a special acoustic version...