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04 Dec 2008
Makeover on the cards for Portugal’s cork forests
The future of many cork oak forests, identified by WWF as an international conservation priority, has been freshened up by the launch of a new partnership in Portugal between WWF and one of the world’s leading health and beauty specialists.
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03 Dec 2008
Brazil falls short with forest emission reduction ambitions
Brazil's revised National Climate Change Plan, which for the first time defines goals for reducing massive emissions from deforestation in the Amazon, is commendable but still short on ambition and detail, WWF-Brazil said today.
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29 Nov 2008
Amazon deforestation trend on the increase
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country's space agency INPE. Brazil's government has meanwhile confirmed that it will be issuing forest related carbon emission reduction targets on Monday. » Read more
18 Nov 2008
FSC still the best
WWF recently commissioned an assessment of the two global forest certicification schemes, using the Forest Certification Assement Guide (FCAG). Based on this latest FCAG assessment as well as other previous assessments, WWF concludes that FSC still best meets WWF's core requirements for forest certification. » Read more
FSC still the best
WWF recently commissioned an assessment of the two global forest certicification schemes, using the Forest Certification Assement Guide (FCAG). Based on this latest FCAG assessment as well as other previous assessments, WWF concludes that FSC still best meets WWF's core requirements for forest certification. » Read more
13 Nov 2008
Malaysian logging plans threaten rhinos and tigers
Habitats of the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the endangered Malayan tiger are under threat from a plan to clear nearly 19,000 hectares of forest in north-eastern Malaysia.
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11 Nov 2008
Chinese wildlife consumption on the rise
The consumption of threatened species is on the rise in China again following a brief hiatus owing to fears surrounding the SARS virus in 2003.
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05 Nov 2008
Sustainability to leave mark on wine
There is a unique opportunity in South Africa this week for the wine industry to engage with the conservation community and put sustainability on the global wine agenda.
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29 Oct 2008
Demand for African natural resources can ensure sustainable use
African nations could turn the demand for their natural resources currently driving deforestation and other destruction into a force for higher returns from sustainable development, WWF has said today.
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27 Oct 2008
WWF Announces Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as Newest Participant of Global Forest & Trade Network
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA - World Wildlife Fund announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), WWF's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. » Read more
WWF Announces Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as Newest Participant of Global Forest & Trade Network
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA - World Wildlife Fund announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), WWF's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. » Read more
27 Oct 2008
Forest boost as poaching boss gets jail
A five-year jail sentence for a notorious elephant poacher could provide a lifeline for wildlife in and around an African rainforest that survived the Ice Age.
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