News & Facts on the Environment

04 Sep 2008
Failing grades for carbon emitters down under
Some major Australian power generators are doing next to nothing to prepare for a low-carbon future, according to a new report from WWF-Australia.
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04 Sep 2008
100 Hawksbill turtles die in latest Filipino poaching incident
Foreign poaching of Philippines marine life has flared up as an issue again following the discovery of more than 100 dead Hawksbill turtles aboard a Vietnamese fishing vessel apprehended near Malampaya.
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04 Sep 2008
Narwhal massacre provokes outrage in Greenland
The discovery of dozens of massacred narwhals on the east coast of Greenland has widened divisions between hunting and tourism interests.
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07 Aug 2008
Saving Sumatra’s Endangered Peoples
The Orang Rimba people have inhabited the jungles of Sumatra for centuries, traveling in tight-knit family groups in the Indonesian forests, hunting, fishing and collecting non-timber forest products on their traditional lands. Members of this indigenous tribe occasionally trade goods with villages on the edge of the forest, but prefer to keep to themselves. Now, as Sumatra’s forests disappear under the relentless onslaught of chainsaws and bulldozers, even keeping to themselves is becoming impossible.
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