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  • July 29, Greece In The Grip of Worst Forest Fires
    WWF today urged the Greek Government to take immediate action to put out the forest fires raging in Taygetos in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

  • July 28, WWF Urges WTO to Correct Its Shrimp-Turtle Case Ruling
    The conservation organization WWF today released a second 'Amicus Curiae Brief' (Friend of the Court) report which calls on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to reassess it's original dispute panel decision against turtle conservation

  • July 27, Mongolian Oil Concessions Could Threaten Antelopes
    Mongolia's efforts to gain much-needed hard currency through major oil concessions could threaten its so far unspoiled natural heritage, the conservation organization WWF said today.

  • July 8, WWF Urges Consumers to Buy 'Good Wood' Carvings
    The conservation organisation WWF today urged tourists and importers to buy 'good wood' carvings from Kenya in order to reduce pressure on over-exploited tree species. The call was made at an international meeting of the People and Plants initiative, a joint programme by WWF, UNESCO and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew to address the global threats facing plants and trees.

  • July 3, WWF Urges Governments to Accelerates Treaty Process in View of Known Dangers From Pops
    The conservation organization WWF today urged governments at the close of the first round of treaty talks on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to speed up the process of phasing out POPS in tune with the widely held belief 'urgent action' is needed.

  • June 30, Three Decades after Silent Spring, DDT Still Menacing the Environment
    While banned decades ago in industrialized countries, thousands of tons of the deadly pesticide DDT are still used each year, mainly to fight malaria. Citing the availability of safer and often more effective alternatives, WWF is calling for a global phaseout and eventual ban on DDT production and use by the year 2007.

  • June 29, 1998 WWF Calls for Early Phase-Out of Dangerous Chemicals as Talks Begin on POPs
    The conservation organization WWF today urged governments at the start of the treaty negotiations on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to be tough in dealing with the growing stock of dangerous chemicals being released into the environment.

  • June 15, 1998 "Baby Boom in the Virungas" 10 Gorilla Births in The Past 18 Months in DRC Alone
    Since October 1996, the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ex-Zaïre, has suffered from civil unrest. Media reports on the advance of Laurent Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo/Zaïre (ADFL) have described the dramatic events in the region. The enormous refugee camps established on the border of the Virunga National Park, Africa's oldest national park and World Heritage Site, were emptied in a matter of days, with many refugees fleeing deeper into the forests.

  • June 12, 1998 Glimmer of Hope For Closing Loopholes in Kyoto Climate Change Agreement
    WWF welcomed small but important steps forward in closing the major loopholes written into last years Kyoto agreement on climate change, as two weeks of intergovernmental talks ended today. But the conference did not debate the critical need for industrialised nations to strengthen domestic efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide...

  • June 9, 1998 - Canon Europa becomes first WWF Conservation Partner
    World Wide Fund For Nature has chosen Canon Europa as its first ever Conservation Partner. The union will bring significant benefits to nature and Canon. WWF reserves the title of Conservation Partner for its major corporate spon-sors.

  • June 8, 1998 - WWF & IUCN Outline 'Vision for Our Blue Planet' on World Oceans Day
    At EXPO '98, the conservation organization WWF and the IUCN-World Conservation Union, today released their first-ever global strategy for marine conservation: Creating a Sea Change: A Vision for Our Blue Planet.

  • June 4, 1998 - President Mandela Pledges Cape Park as Gift to The Earth
    In honour of World Environment Day on June 5, South African President Nelson Mandela today designated the newly created Cape Peninsula National Park as a Gift to the Earth.

  • June 4, 1998 - WWF/IUCN Emergency Fund To Fight Fires Threatening Siberian Tigers
    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature  and IUCN-The World Conservation Union today announced the first intervention ever of their new Tiger Emergency Fund.

  • June 3, 1998 - WWF Disappointed With Lisbon Forest Conference Outcome
    WWF, the conservation organisation, today expressed disappointment with the outcome of the Third Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, held in Lisbon this week.

  • May 29, 1998 - New Estimates Place Damage From Indonesia's 1997 Fires at $4.4 Billion
    The Indonesian forest fires of 1997 resulted in over US$3 billion in damages, according to a study released today by the Economy and Environment Program for SE Asia (EEPSEA) and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). When added toEEPSEA/WWF's February estimate of haze damage, the total costs exceed $4.4 billion.

  • May 26, 1998 - Political Inertia Threatens Europe's Forests
    Brussels, Belgium - Political inertia and pressure from commercial interests are threatening the wealth of nature in Europe's forests according to a new WWF analysis, the Forest Scorecards 1998, presented today.

  • May 22, 1998 - World's Largest Environmental Agreement Endangered By Lack of Public Interest
    One of the world's most important international environmental agreements is in risk of going into rhetorical limbo due to the indifference of the general public and the media, WWF, the conservation organisation, said today.

  • May 20, 1998 - WTO Must Heed World Leaders Call to Respect The Environment
    The two conservation organizations WWF and Greenpeace today urged immediate action to heed calls made by world leaders at the WTO ministerial conference for urgent environmental reforms, openness and transparency within the WTO

  • May 18, 1998 - WTO Dispute Settlement Undermines RIO Earth Summit
    Four years after the creation of its Trade and Environment Committee, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is striking down national policies and undermining the Rio Earth Summit (1992) accords promoting sustainable development, the conservation organization WWF said here today...

  • May 16, 1998 - WWF Fears A Return to Whaling 'Free-For-All'
    As the 50th annual session of the the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens here today, the conservation organization WWF called on the Government delegates to forge a united position to re-affirm the faltering authority of the IWC. The IWC is facing a deteriorating situation, with whaling growing rapidly and out of the IWC's control.

  • May 15, 1998 - WTO Must Reform to Respect Environmental Treaties
    The World Trade Organization (WTO) urgently needs reform to correct its trade-environment imbalance or it must completely relinquish settlement of environment-related trade disputes to other international bodies, the conservation organization WWF said here today.

  • May 14, 1998 - From Kyoto to The G8 - A WWF Climate Change Briefing
    As world leaders meet in Birmingham for the G8 Summit, THE WWF Climate Change Campaign is urging the G8 leaders to instruct their ministers to impose stringent caps on the trading of greenhouse gases.

  • May 13, 1998 - World's Most Endangered Rhino Survives War
    In spite of widespread fears for its survival, the world's most threatened sub-species of rhinoceros, the Northern White Rhino, survived last year's civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and there is still hope the world will be able to save the critically endangered species, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today

  • May 12, 1998 - Whales Deaths Mount Despite Moratorium
    Over 18,000 whales, the gentle giants of the sea, have been killed mainly by Russia, Japan and Norway since the international moratorium on whaling came into effect in 1985-1986, according to a new report "Great Whales in the Wild" released today by WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature.

  • May 6, 1998 - Trade Monitoring Group Turns Attention to Plant "Tigers"
    The "Tigers" of the plant kingdom are now high on the agenda of the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring group, which concluded its annual meeting Monday in India's Corbett National Park.

  • May 4, 1998 - WWF/ADENA Asks For Army Intervention to Control Toxic Spill in Donana
    In the light of the uncontrolled situation of the enormous environmental catastrophe that occurred on 24 April at the Donana Natural Park in Andalusia, WWF/Adena, the Spanish national office of WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, is calling on Spanish authorities to send in the national army and increase its efforts to inform the human population living in the area about the danger the toxic spill represents to human health.

  • April 29, 1998 - Protected Forest Area Triples in Brazil's Amazon
    In an unprecedented step to protect Amazon forests, the Brazilian government announced its commitment with the World Bank and WWF* to establish 62 million acres (25 million hectares) of new protected forest areas by the year 2000. This is the largest conservation move ever in the Amazon.

  • April 29, 1998 - Brazil Protects 25 Million Hectares in The Amazon
    Brazil will be the first country to join the alliance between the World Bank and WWF for the protection of at least 10% of the world's forests. In a special ceremony, scheduled for 3:30pm on April 29, at the Alvorada Palace (the President's residence), in Brasilia, Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces plans for the creation and implementation of 25 million hectares of new protected areas in the Amazon rainforest by the year 2000, as part of this alliance.

  • April 28, 1998 - OECD Countries Stall Globalization Treaty in Face of Public Pressure
    PARIS -- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today welcomed the decision by OECD's Trade, Finance and Foreign Affairs Ministers to put on hold the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) due to concerns about its social and environmental effects.

  • April 22, 1998 - WWF And IUCN Urge Governments to Take Freshwater Related International Treaties Seriously
    NEW YORK -- The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) and IUCN-The World Conservation Union today urged governments and international institutions at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting to be serious in implementing existing international treaties that relate to freshwater ecosystems.

  • April 21, 1998 - UNICEF And WWF Sign MOU For Joint Work on Freshwater
    New York -- The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today that commits the two organizations to work together to seek solutions to the emerging global freshwater crisis.

  • April 17, 1998 - WWF Calls on Russia Not to Resume Whaling
    GLAND, Switzerland -- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today appealed to Russian President Boris Yeltsin to maintain a firm stand against commercial whaling during his forthcoming visit to Japan. The Russian leader is due to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto tomorrow (Saturday).

  • April 8, 1998 - Japan's 10th "Scientific Whaling" Hunt Hauls 440 Minke Whales From The Antarctic
    GLAND, Switzerland --WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature again urged Japan to reconsider its large-scale "scientific whaling" which marks a decade today with the return of the Japanese whaling fleet to their home port of Shimonoseki in Japan...

  • March 26, 1998 - North American countries still lack effective protection for sharks New report: Freeze Spiny Dogfish fishing in the USA
    Cambridge, UK - The three countries of North America - Canada, Mexico and the USA -- still lack adequate monitoring and management measures for some highly exploited species shark, the most feared yet kingly fish.

  • March 23, 1998 - EU's Leverage on Climate Lies in Leading by Example
    Brussels, Belgium - EU Environment Ministers have to go well beyond the EU's Kyoto target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions or they risk leaving the EU a spent force in the continuing international climate negotiations, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature urged today, just before the EU Environment Council on 23 March 1998

  • March 17, 1998 - WWF And Swatch Form Timely Conservation Partnership For Island Wildlife In Mozambique Channel
    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature and Swatch are teaming up for conservation in the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique, WWF announced today. Proceeds from a new Swatch watch will benefit conservation of whales, highly threatened dugongs and other wildlife in the Archipelago, a spectacular Indian Ocean island chain.

  • February 18, 1998 - New Danube Dam Could Threaten Hungary's Accession to EU
    VIENNA --Hungary's accession to the European Union could be threatened if it signs an agreement with Slovakia backing the construction of new hydro dam on the Danube River, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, said today.

  • February 17, 1998 - President Kabila Pledges to Save Environment in The Democratic Republic of Congo
    The commitment by President Laurent Desire Kabila to establishing a genuine conservation agenda for the Democratic Republic of Congo is a great step forward for restoring the economic and environmental viability of one of Africa's most biologically rich nations, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today.

  • February 6, 1998 - WWF Urges European Union to Boost Funding for Nature
    World Wide Fund for Nature called today for the EU Structural Funds due to be allocated in the 2000-2006 period to set aside 25%, or 50 billion ECU, for environmental protection and improvement. A significant part should be used for the NATURA 2000 network for nature established by the EU Habitat's Directive.

  • February 2, 1998 - Saving Wetlands Can Help Avert Global Freshwater Crisis -- World Wetlands Day - 2 Februray
    ROME--On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature urges governments to protect and restore their wetland sites and to take serious steps to avert an emerging global freshwater crisis.

  • January 30, 1998 - WWF And Europe Conservation Call On France, Italy And Monaco To Sign Whale Sanctuary Treaty
    ROME--WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature and Europe Conservation today called on the governments of France, Italy and Monaco to sign a treaty establishing a whale sanctuary in the Ligurian Sea area of the Mediterranean Sea...

  • January 22nd, 1998 - WWF Opens Chinese Year Of The Tiger With New Initiative To Help Save Species
    As preparations get underway for celebrating the Chinese Year of the Tiger starting January 28, WWF-- World Wide Fund for Nature announced today an International Action Plan for making 1998 the year for the tiger.

  • January 19th, 1998 - Touring The Arctic - New Guidelines From WWF Keep Environment In The Equation
    Arctic tour operators and conservationists have joined forces to create guidelines for sustainable tourism and help protect the largest remaining wilderness areas in the northern hemisphere. Released in December by the World Wide Fund For Nature - WWF, the guidelines link tourism and conservation through a set of principals and codes of conduct for environmentally-sound circumpolar tourism.

  • January 12th, 1998 -HRH Prince Philip Launches Call to Action for International Year of the Ocean
    LONDON -- At a news conference here today marking the beginning of the International Year of the Ocean, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, President-Emeritus of the WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature highlighted the growing threats facing the world's oceans and called for a sea change in the way human use of the marine environment is managed. (En Français)

  • December 18th, 1997 -Structural Funds-Habitats Directive-Environment: EU Suspends Structural Funds in Landmark Decision for Nature
    Brussels, Belgium - A project in Scotland that is thought to breach EU nature conservation law has been suspended to wait for the outcome of an investigation by the European Commission. This decision is consistent with a legal opinion on the matter obtained by WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature and presented to the Commission earlier this week.

  • December 15th, 1997 - Historic Antarctic Protection Agreement Becomes Law
    GLAND -- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature welcomes the entry into force of the landmark Environmental Protection Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty. The Protocol bans mining in Antarctica for a minimum of 50 years and designates the whole continent and its dependent marine ecosystems a "natural reserve devoted to peace and science".

  • December 16th, 1997 - 1997: The Year the World Caught Fire
    London -- In 1997, more tropical forest burned around the world than at any other time in recorded history, according to a report published today by WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature...

  • December 12th, 1997 - Climate Change Convention Sucked into "Black Hole of Loopholes," Says WWF
    Kyoto, Japan-Two and a half years of negotiations on climate change ended, Thursday, with a flowed agreement that will allow major polluters to continue emitting greenhouse gases through loopholes...

  • December 5th, 1997 - "Stop Playing With Our Planet!" WWF Tells Key Players At Kyoto Climate Summit
    Kyoto, Japan - At the end of the first week of negotiations at the Kyoto Climate Change Summit, WWF said key nations risk turning the talks into a "football game with the planet."

  • December 1st, 1997 - Five Out of Six Key Players At Kyoto Summit Score Thumbs Down on Combatting Climate Change
    Kyoto, Japan--Five of the six key players earned failing marks on their willingness to tackle global warming as world governments gather in Kyoto to hammer out an agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions...

  • November 30th, 1997 - WWF Position Statement for COP 3 Kyoto, Japan 1-10 December 1997
    The Third Conference of the Parties in Kyoto is the time and place for industrialised countries to show leadership in combating climate change...

  • November 28, 1997 - Acknowledgement by Mr. Miguel Cifuentes of the Gold Pin Conservation Award
    The Nature Defenders Foundation (Defensores de la Naturaleza), one of the most important environmental NGO's in Guatemala, has awarded its 1997 Gold Pin award to the WWF Central American Regional Office in recognition of its effective conservation action. In a ceremony held on 28 November in Guatemala City, Defensores called WWF "the organization that has done the most this year for the conservation of Guatemala's natural resources."

  • November 25, 1997 - Top Fishing Nations Drag Feet on UN Fish Stocks Agreement
    Releasing a Scorecard today identifying recalcitrant nations, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature called on the UN General Assembly to take immediate action against overfishing by encouraging the world's top fishing nations to sign the landmark UN Fish Stocks Agreement, negotiated here nearly two years ago... (En français)

  • November 20, 1997 - The plan for the elimination of marine pollution approved in Tunis
    During the 10th meeting of the Barcelona Convention in Tunis, after long consultations and two years of technical/political meetings, the parties approved the 1st Strategic Plan for the progressive elimination of Land Based Source Pollution (LBS).

  • November 13, 1997 - Media Release: South African Conservation Receives Biggest International Boost Ever
    Conservation in South Africa has received what is probably the biggest international boost ever with the approval of a grant totalling R59 million (US$12,3 million) from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) to WWF South Africa and the National Parks Board.

  • November 13, 1997 - Agenda 2000 - Agriculture: Environmental Agriculture should support environment and rural jobs
    Brussels, Belgium - Europe's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) should create jobs in rural areas and nurture a healthy environment instead of simply compensating farmers for reform-related cuts in prices, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature urged today.

  • November 7, 1997 -Environment - Forest - Habitats Directive Valuable Forests At Risk From Government Inaction
    EU member states are jeopardizing the last remnants of high-value natural forests in Europe by failing to implement the Habitats Directive, Europe's pivotal law for nature conservation, WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature said today... ( En français)

  • November 7, 1997 -Antarctic Fisheries Meeting Approves Southern Ocean Goldrush
    HOBART, Australia-- WWF- World Wide Fund For Nature, together with the other members of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) today expressed dismay at the outcome of the international Antarctic fisheries meeting here.

  • November 5, 1997 - Toothfish Poaching Scandal Challenges CCAMLR Nations: WWF Calls for Closure of High Seas Fishing for Toothfish (en español)
    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature called today for an end to all high seas fishing for the Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean...

  • October 31, 1997 - Clinton Must Be 'Houdini of Climate Change', Says WWF
    Bonn, Germany -- Negotiators from more than 150 countries leave Bonn today after two weeks of talks which have set back efforts to prevent climate change...

  • October 30, 1997 - Saving the Danube Floodplains: WWF offers Solution to the Gabcikovo Conflict
    To reverse the severe damage caused by the Gabcikovo hydro power dam to the Danube Floodplains, Slovakia and Hungary must increase the flow into the original Danube river bed from less than 20 per cent to at least 65 per cent.

  • October 30, 1997 - Climate Talks Sink In Loopholes
    Bonn, Germany--Final negotiations before the Climate Summit in Kyoto, Japan in December are sinking in an ever increasing number of loopholes that would give countries the license to pollute unabated.

  • October 30, 1997 - Indonesian Fires Distress Leads People to Kill Orangutans
    GLAND, Switzerland -- Lack of food and water due to the raging Indonesian forest fires has driven people and wildlife to compete for survival, according to WWF- World Wide Fund For Nature...

  • October 29, 1997 - IWC Fails to Stop Increased Whale Kills
    MONACO: This year's International Whaling Commission meeting which ended here October 24 revealed more evidence that the IWC has lost control of whaling, warned WWF...

  • October 22, 1997 - Cuts In U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Would Save $136 Billion, WWF Report Says
    WASHINGTON, -- A sharp reduction of greenhouse gases in the U.S. -- like carbon dioxide produced by the burning of coal, oil and gasoline -- would greatly benefit both the economy and the environment over the next decade, according to a report just released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...

  • October 13, 1997 - Mediterranean Fisheries Face A Grim Future
    ROME, Italy --- WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature and Greenpeace today urged all States bordering the Mediterranean, meeting here at the 22nd Session of the FAO's* General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM), to take effective action for the future of Mediterranean fisheries and its fishing communities (En Español).

  • October 9, 1997 - Protection of Northern Rockies Welcomed As 'Gift to The Earth' By WWF
    Gland, Switzerland-- The announcement today by the government of British Columbia to designate one million hectares of Canada's Northern Rockies as new protected areas and an additional 3.3 million hectares of surrounding lands as special management areas is being recognized by the WWF--World Wide Fund For Nature network as a "Gift to the Earth'.

  • October 6, 1997 - Japan Proposal for Kyoto Summit Scandalous, WWF Says
    Kyoto, Japan-- The World Wide Fund for Nature condemned as "scandalous" the Japanese government's proposal for reducing greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, Sunday, and called on industrialised nations to flatly reject it...

  • October 3, 1997- Indonesian Fires: 30 Orangutans Dead, Other Species Threatened
    GLAND, Switzerland -- The 2-month-old Indonesian fires that have submerged large areas of Southeast Asia in a thick haze and chaos have now become a real threat to some of the region's most vulnerable wildlife and protected areas, and are already claiming victims, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today...

  • October 2, 1997-WWF Netherlands Statement: Fires In Protected Forests
    There seems to be no end to the forest fires in Indonesia. The fire has now also struck in protected forest areas. WWF estimates that 500,000 hectares have already been lost in Sumatra alone...

  • September 29, 1997 - Glacier Retreat and Many Key Indicators Worldwide Prove Climate Change Happening Now, Says WWF Report
    A new report released today by WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, identifies the most compelling evidence available that global warming is underway and is not a distant threat. According to the report, nature and human populations worldwide are now--more visibly than ever before--at risk from climate change...

  • September 25, 1997 - Danube River Loses in the Hague With Decision on Gabcikovo Dam
    Gland, Switzerland--The International Court of Justice in The Hague today handed down an inconclusive decision relating to the Gabcikovo dam in central Europe, its first environmental case ever...

  • September 25, 1997 - INDONESIAN FIRES: WWF Calls For Preventive Actions
    GLAND, Switzerland - WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today declared the fires raging in Indonesia as a 'planetary disaster' and a great tragedy...

  • September 24, 1997-Gabcikovo Dam Controversy Heats Up Again -- International Court Of Justice Hands Down Decision Tomorrow
    Gland, Switzerland-- A longstanding controversy could end tomorrow when the judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands) present their ruling on the Slovakia-backed Gabcikovo hydroelectric dam on the Danube River, near the Hungary-Slovakia border...

  • September 15, 1997- Trade And Environmental Law Clash In WTO Shrimp-Turtle Dispute
    GENEVA, Switzerland --WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today (September 15, 1997) released a new report containing scientific and legal recommendations designed to prevent the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) shrimp-turtle Dispute Panel undermining international environmental agreements...

  • September 5, 1997- Decisions to Eliminate Toxic Discharges Still Inadequate
    BRUSSELS, Belgium - At the conclusion of the OSPAR Convention meeting here, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today called upon the contracting parties to strengthen the new measures aimed at reducing and eliminating marine pollution and protecting marine wildlife. In their current form, the measures are too weak to make any significant difference to the health of the North East Atlantic...

  • September 4, 1997-WWF Urges Top Fishing Nations to Honour UN Treaty
    St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada -- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today urged the world's top fishing nations -- including Canada -- to become full parties to a 1995 UN agreement that promotes precautionary measures to protect the world's imperilled marine fisheries...

  • August 22, 1997-Third New Mammal Find Confirms Vietnam's Natural Wealth
    GLAND, Switzerland -- Three years after finding the largest muntjac species (the giant muntjac) in the forests of Vietnam, possibly the smallest of the species has now been discovered. Weighing about 15kg, and half the size of the common muntjac which also inhabits the area, the recent discovery greatly adds to knowledge of muntjacs and the species' evolution. The scientists are calling the new species the Truong Son muntjac, after the area where it was found... (En Español)

  • August 7, 1997-Japan Emerges As Major Block To Climate Change Agreement
    Bonn, Germany- WWF condemned negotiators at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Thursday, for achieving virtually no progress towards reaching agreement on combatting climate change after two weeks of meetings in Bonn...

  • August 7, 1997-WWF Welcomes Indian Paraliment Appeal For Tiger Conservation
    Gland, Switzerland -- The Indian Parliament's urgent appeal for the conservation of the tiger is a sign of hope for the survival of the large cat and should be responded to with energetic actions, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today. The appeal to the Indian Prime Minister was made on the eve of the 50th anniversary of India's independence...

  • August 5, 1997-Japan's Lack Of Leadership Threatends Success Of Kyoto Climate Change Summit
    BONN, GERMANY, -- WWF sharply criticized the government of Japan, Tuesday, for slowing progress at the current United Nations climate change negotiations in Bonn by displaying internal confusion for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and a complete lack of ambition for ultimately achieving a meaningful commitment to combat climate change...

  • July 28, 1997-Southern Bluefin Tuna Stock At Lowest Levels Recorded
    Sydney, Australia -- Southern Bluefin Tuna populations could be at risk of commercial extinction in the Southern Oceans if fishing continues at current levels, according to a new report by TRAFFIC Oceania, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCN-The World Conservation Union... (en español)

  • July 25, 1997-New Congo In Great Need Of Help To Save Endangered Species
    GLAND, Switzerland -- The international community must act swiftly to help the Democratic Republic of Congo restore conservation measures urgently needed to save a number of protected areas harbouring some of the world's most critically endangered wild animals, such as the northern white rhino and the mountain gorilla, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today

  • July 17, 1997-New Ecuadorean Law Crucial For Galapagos Island, Says WWF
    GLAND, Switzerland,-- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature called today on the Ecuadorean authorities to ensure that a new law meant to regulate the management of the Galapagos islands is approved soon enough to address a variety of negative trends affecting the biologically and historically important archipelago... (en español)

  • July 3, 1997-Oil Spill In Tokyo Bay Smaller, But Still Dangerous To Wildlife
    GLAND, Switzerland--The oil slick from the super tanker Diamond Grace that ran aground yesterday in Tokyo Bay is smaller in volume than earlier reported, is still a danger to wildlife in tidal flats surrounding the bay, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today.

  • July 2, 1997-Oil Tanker Spill In Tokyo Bay Threatens Endangered Birds
    GLAND, Switzerland-- A major tanker oil spill in Tokyo Bay the morning of July 2 poses a serious threat to endangered birds in wetlands surrounding the bay, and various marine species, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature said today

  • June 23rd - 27th, 1997- Earth Summit II: Five Years After Rio
    Praising local initiatives that implement the commitments made at the 1992 Rio Summit, WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature today expressed disappointment at the general failure of governments...

  • June 27, 1997-Rio +5: Earth Summit II Backslides on 1992 Promises
    United Nations, New York: Presidents and Prime Ministers this week made sweeping political statements while their civil servants produced meaningless and empty statements of intent, said WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature on the closing day of the Earth Summit II.

  • June 26, 1997-WWF Predicts White House Bending to Fossil Fuel Industry Scare Tactics on Climate Change
    UNITED NATIONS, New York-- WWF* today expressed grave concerns about the Clinton administration's apparent shift from short- to long-term targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and are already threatening nature and wildlife around the world.

  • June 25, 1997-World Bank And WWF Join Forces To Conserve Earth's Forests United Nations
    In a positive new move for the conservation of the world's forest, the World Bank and WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature have announced a global alliance for forest conservation and sustainable use. Both organizations share concern for biodiversity, climate change, deforestation and forest degradation, and recognize the urgency of dealing with these problems.

  • June 23, 1997-Local Initiatives Deliver on Rio, Governments Must Do More
    NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS-- Praising local initiatives that implement the commitments made at the 1992 Rio Summit, WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature today expressed disappointment at the general failure of governments to take meaningful action towards delivering on promises made five years ago.

  • June 23, 1997-WWF Pays Tribute to leading Forest Protectors
    NEW YORK CITY: WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature - today paid tribute to 20 far-sighted Governments and a number of Business leaders who have made a meaningful commitment to conserve forests..

  • June 20, 1997-Special Report: 10th Annual International Conference On Wildlife Trade
    Since its entry into force in the mid-1970s, CITES has established itself as the key focus for international efforts to protect endangered species of wild fauna and flora against over-exploitation...

  • June 20, 1997-G-7 Must Prove Environmental Leadership At Earth Summit II
    New York, US-- WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature today urged the G-7 leaders coming to Denver to prove their environmental leadership by making real commitments to slowing down deforestation and climate change before heading to New York for the second Earth Summit.