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MEMBER STATES FINALLY AGREE ON FISHERIES DEAL BUT FAIL TO BRIDGE GAP WITH AMBITI...

5/15/2013 6:38 AM EST

Brussels, Belgium - After pulling yet another all-nighter, Fisheries Ministers finalised their negotiating mandate with regards to the current EU fisheries reform. Despite the agreement between Members States being a positive step forward, unfortunately the Ministers - who generally don’t like to compromise - remained predictable with little effort being made to meet the European Parliament half way on their...

Final speaker list unveiled for prestigious TEDxWWF event

5/15/2013 5:00 AM EST

Dubai, May 15, 2013: WWF and EWS-WWF have announced the stellar speaker line-up for the TEDxWWF event, which will be held in the capital Abu Dhabi next Tuesday.

The event, which aims to enable insightful and relevant ideas to encourage other individuals to support or even seek more sustainable solutions in their daily lives, is free to attend but there is limited seating remaining. The UAE community is encouraged...

Jim Leape to step down as WWF International Director General in 2014

5/14/2013 10:16 AM EST

Gland, Switzerland: Jim Leape has announced his decision to step down as Director General of WWF International in early 2014.

Jim Leape has dedicated nearly 20 years to the global conservation organization. He served for many years as the Executive Vice President of WWF-US, leading that office’s conservation work. In 2005 he moved to Switzerland to take on the role of Director General of WWF International –...

WWF welcomes progress towards sustainable tuna fisheries in the Indian Ocean

5/13/2013 5:17 AM EST

Gland, Switzerland: WWF welcomes the adoption of key conservation measures for oceanic white-tip sharks, whale sharks and cetaceans following the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) annual meeting last week in Mauritius.

IOTC member states agreed on important measures for the management of tuna fisheries and other vulnerable species such as White-tip sharks, which are not to be retained and need to be released...

AT least 26 elephants massacred in world heritage site

5/10/2013 8:26 AM EST

Yaoundé, Cameroon (10 May 2013)

At least 26 elephants were massacred in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic, after 17 individuals armed with Kalashnikov rifles on Monday entered this unique elephant habitat, known locally as the “village of elephants”.

WWF sources on Thursday said they had counted at least 26 elephant carcasses in and around the Bai, a large clearing where between 50...

HIGH ALERT: Poachers enter Unique Elephant Habitat

5/7/2013 11:47 AM EST

Yaoundé, Cameroon (7 May 2013)

Poachers have entered one of Africa’s most unique elephant habitats on Monday, threatening to cause one of the biggest elephant massacres in the region since poachers killed at least 300 elephants for their ivory in Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida National Park in February 2012.

According to WWF sources, a group of 17 armed individuals on Monday entered the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and...

WWF's Earth Hour City Challenge takes flight as cities across the globe aim to c...

4/30/2013 5:39 AM EST

Gland, April 30, 2013 – As the UNFCCC working group tasked to discuss the scope, structure and design of the new 2015 global climate agreement convenes in Bonn this week, WWF urges delegates to recognize and gain inspiration from the key role cities are playing in the transformation toward a sustainable, 100% renewable energy future.

WWF invites cities in 15 countries to participate in the internationally acclaimed...

WWF-Russia protests orders for environmentalists to register as “foreign agents”

4/29/2013 8:37 AM EST

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Moscow: WWF-Russia is protesting prosecution orders to at least five Russian environmental organizations to register as foreign agents, in compliance with controversial civil society legislation.

The orders went to five regional Russian environment organizations, with WWF-Russia highlighting...

Revised palm oil standards a positive step forward - but companies now need to p...

4/25/2013 6:18 PM EST

April 25, Kuala Lumpur -- WWF has welcomed revised standards for sustainable palm oil that were endorsed by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) at its extra-ordinary General Assembly this morning in Kuala Lumpur.

While the revision of the RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production (P&Cs) did not result in everything WWF had pushed for, WWF nevertheless believes the revised P&Cs are...

Field reports indicate slaughter of elephants, conservation staff evacuated

4/25/2013 12:00 PM EST

25 APRIL 2013 - WWF and WCS have received alarming reports from their field operations that elephants are being slaughtered in the violence-ridden Central African Republic (CAR), where new powers in place struggle to gain control over the situation. The conservation organizations are issuing today a joint call for immediate action.
Due to the violence and chaos in the area, the exact number of elephants slaughtered...

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