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01 Dec 2008
Essential reading for low-carbon lifestyle
A consumer handbook on how individuals and families can reduce their carbon footprint and monthly outgoings has been published today by WWF. The WWF Pocket Guide to a One Planet Lifestyle contains top tips on how to be more environmentally-friendly in the home, the workplace and when planning a holiday.
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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
28 Nov 2008
African governments commit to protect gorillas
The first meeting of the Parties of the Gorilla Agreement, to be held in Rome tomorrow, is expected to come up with practical proposals to further gorilla conservation work in Africa.
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27 Nov 2008
WWF Travel Helper makes it easy to count and cut your CO2
WWF and Swiss firm routeRANK have launched an online European travel planner designed to help fight climate change.
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27 Nov 2008
Sea levels set to rise faster than expected
Even warming of less than 2°C might be enough to trigger the loss of Arctic sea ice and the meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet, causing global sea levels to rise by several metres.
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27 Nov 2008
Pacific tuna face risky fisheries meeting
Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific also face collapse if a forthcoming management meeting doesn't dramatically change the way they are harvested, WWF warned today.
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24 Nov 2008
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
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23 Nov 2008
Timeline of a fishery failure
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) heads towards its hardest fought decision on management of the out-of-control bluefin fishery yet, WWF sets out the sorry history of bluefin regulation in an easy-to-follow chronology
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Timeline of a fishery failure
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) heads towards its hardest fought decision on management of the out-of-control bluefin fishery yet, WWF sets out the sorry history of bluefin regulation in an easy-to-follow chronology
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21 Nov 2008
Greek PM inundated with e-cards for climate action
More than 3,000 Greek citizens have responded to a WWF call over the past four days by sending their Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, a WWF e-card asking him to take an active part in the global efforts to fight climate change.
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20 Nov 2008
Thousands join bluefin tuna boycott
Close to 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have signed up to join numerous restaurants, retailers and chefs in boycotting Mediterranean bluefin tuna – until stocks have recovered and the fishery is properly controlled and managed.
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