The end of fish, in one chart
But no one said it was easy, halting the end of fish. Sarah Kliff covers health policy, focusing on Medicare, Medicaid and the health reform law. She tries to fit in some reproductive... In this article: Daniel Pauly , Fish...Read more...
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of forest needed to sequester CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. It quotes Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings in 2007, which flagged an ecologically catastrophic... In this article: Waste , New Zealand ,...Read more...
Historic U.S.-Peru Debt-for-Nature Swap Gets Boost from Major Conservation Groups
Washington, DC - With a commitment of $1.1 million from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund, the U.S. and Peruvian governments today signed an historic agreement to protect some of the...Read more...
U.S. Government Commits $36 Million to Protect Congo's Forests
Three International NGOs Match Government Commitment Johannesburg, South Africa - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell announced today that the United States will commit at least $36 million in newly allocated money over the...Read more...
UN Foundation & Conservation International Forge $15 Million Partnership To Protect Global...
Partnership Fulfills UN Foundation Goal to Conserve Natural World Heritage Venice, Italy - The President of the UN Foundation, Timothy E. Wirth, and the President of Conservation International (CI), Russell Mittermeier, today...Read more...
Rare Softshell Turtle, Nesting Ground Found in Cambodia
Discovery in Former Khmer Rouge Stronghold Could Save Endangered Species Phnom Penh, Cambodia – One of the world’s largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the...Read more...
Environmental Groups Call for Increased Protection of Coral Reefs as World Marks 2008...
Washington, DC – As 17 countries and 30 organizations launch the International Year of the Reef today, three major environmental groups – World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International – call on...Read more...
Climate Change Threatens Billions of Dollars in Infrastructure Investment in Developing World
The effects of global warming infrastructure for energy, sanitation and agriculture reveal that current investment and development strategies will make poor nations poorer and accelerate species loss Arlington, VA – While...Read more...
Genocidal Eco-Fascism
As has been mentioned before, the "green" religion is all about control - and eventually, population reduction. All the bad people will die, and the green shall inherit the earth. This is Finnish writer Pentti Linkola — a man...Read more...
Volvo Group Emphasizes Need for Sustainable Solutions to Reduce Environmental Footprint
MIAMI, May 18,2012 /PRNewswire/ --In an effort to encourage dialogue and action and to continue in its commitment toward reducing its environmental impact, the Volvo Group recently hosted two sustainability-related seminars...Read more...
We're putting our foot in it
We are heading for hell in a fossil-fuelled handcart, spinning towards implosion. Planet Earth is not able to keep pace with humanity's demands nor cope with its wasteful by-products. And the gap - the "ecological overshoot" -...Read more...
Environmentalists slam govt for ignoring locals in fisheries project
Karachi The Sindh government’s decision to invite foreign investment for the development of a 20,000-acre Fisheries Special Economic Zone in Thatta has triggered harsh criticism from a number local stakeholders and...Read more...
WWF Calls For Immediate EcoAusterity
FreeSLO.com "If all of humanity lived like an average resident of Indonesia, only two-thirds of the planet's biocapacity would be used; if everyone lived like an average Argentinean, humanity would demand more than half an...Read more...
Has mankind outgrown Earth?
If we don't taper our overconsumption by 2030, not even a second planet Earth could sustain us. Photo: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring SEE ALL 21 PHOTOS We're gobbling up the... In this article: Earth , Rio de...Read more...
Race Between Sustainability and Over-Consumption Continues
By Robert Kropp. The third annual MIT survey of corporate executives suggests that sustainability is increasingly a management agenda item, while a report from WWF finds that global consumption patterns are still unsustainable.Read more...
Earth in Major Resource Overdraft – WWF’s Living Planet Report 2012
Humanity’s ever-growing demand for natural resources is putting huge pressure on the planet’s biodiversity and threatening our future security and well-being, according to the Living Planet Report 2012, released today by World...Read more...
BEWARE: By 2030 even 2 earths WON'T suffice!
Mankind is draining the earth's resources so quickly that the globe would be bled dry before the end of the century at this rate, a new report has revealed. According to the 2012 World Wildlife Fund's 'Living Planet Report'...Read more...
Australia Ranked 7th Worst Polluter on Earth
Conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has compiled the latest report how countries balance economic growth with ecological conservation and Australia is in the top 10, closely behind the United States and the Arab...Read more...
2 Earths not enough to sustain human activity by 2030, experts warn
New York, Mankind is draining the earth’s resources so quickly that the globe would be bled dry before the end of the century at this rate, a new report has revealed. According to the 2012 World Wildlife Fund’s “Living Planet...Read more...
Seeing REDD: WWF Poses "Direct Threat" to Livelihoods in Tanzania
AsiaNet 49341WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 (ANTARA/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) -- Accusations of Evictions, Destruction of Crops, and Burning Homes Leveled Against WWF The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the globe's largest environmental...Read more...
Facing oblivion, our creatures great and small: WWF warns world risks losing tigers and dolphins
World Wildlife Fund and London Zoo say the Earth's wildlife population fell by 30 per cent between 1970 and 2008 Birds, animals and fish living in freshwater have fared even worse, tumbling by 70 per cent in the same time frame...Read more...
WWF says Australians using more than their fair share of world's resources
A new report from the World Wildlife Fund says Australians rank seventh in the world when it comes to pollution and the consumption of natural resources. The report says humans are using 50 per cent more resources than the...Read more...
Urgent Need for Strategy on Sustainable Food
UK - The Government must develop a joined-up strategy to change the UK's unhealthy and environmentally damaging food system, as fears mount about global food security, MPs on the Commons Environmental Audit Committee warned...Read more...
Rare Amur leopard photos captured in NE China
Ten clear photos of the endangered Amur leopard were recently taken in a forest in northeast China's Jilin province, researchers said Monday. The photos, taken on April 4 on Changbai Mountain in Wangqing county, show an adult...Read more...
Report: Global biodiversity down 30 percent in 40 years
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 PM EDT (msnbc.com) Freshwater tropical species hardest hit, says World Wildlife Fund Let this article stand as my testiment as to why I am a Tree Hugger. Because we must Love Them while they are...Read more...
WWF adds Crooning Lounge Lizard to endangered species list
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature has announced that it is adding the Crooning Lounge Lizard to its list of endangered species. It was once numerous, with famous specimens such the Crosby, Sinatra or Davis Jr seemingly being...Read more...
New Report Takes Stock Of Planet's Health
Humans are currently using the equivalent of one and a half Earths to support our activities. This and other startling findings were revealed today wi... Read more: Video , Natural Capital , Living Planet , World Wildlife Fund...Read more...
Participants Share Views at a Recent Energy Summit
High-level representatives from governments, civil society, industry and various international bodies came together in April for a special Energy Summit in Brussels , where they renewed their commitment to achieve sustainable...Read more...
Public asked to report sightings of the Quenda (ABC)
Residents in Perth and the South West are being asked to report any sightings of the Quenda, or Southern Brown Bandicoot, to the World Wildlife Fund. The WWF and the Department of Environment and Conservation will use the...Read more...
Tigers remain vulnerable to poaching in protected areas
Although many countries have established legally protected areas for wild tigers, the endangered species is still being threatened by poaching, a report of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) showed on Friday.Read more...