The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical sub regions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part …
The WWF contracted RPS Applied Science Associates to model 22 different oil spill scenarios and map the spread of the oil, potential impact on the water and shoreline, and interaction with sea ice, wildlife and the surrounding ecology. Types of oil spills analyzed included shipping spills, shallow-water blowouts and deep-water …
Germany has some of Europe’s most ambitious climate targets. It also has four of the region’s five dirtiest power plants. While PGE SA’s Belchatow lignite unit in Poland was Europe’s dirtiest last year, with 37.2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, the next four are in Germany, according to a …
All marine turtles nesting sites are on Hawksbay and Sandspit beaches. These two beaches are the most important turtles green nesting grounds in the world. Each year thousands of female green turtles come to beaches of Hawksbay and Sandspit off the coast of Karachi to lay their eggs. The Sindh …
Coal power plants across the EU are undermining climate change efforts, according to a far-reaching energy report released today (22 July). The 'Europe's Dirty 30' report, compiled by the Climate Action Network (CAN), exposes the top 30 most polluting power plants in the EU, ranked according to their total CO2 …
A group of 12 leading companies have signed up to the Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles in an effort to better communicate their expectations of the renewables marketplace. The companies - Bloomberg, Facebook, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, Novelis, Proctor & Gamble, REI, Sprint and Walmart - hope …
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Thursday released a report on China's water environment, naming the Haihe River and Lake Taihu along the Yangtze River as the most polluted waters in the country. Using a five point assessment system, the Haihe River, which flows through Tianjin, scored five points, the worst …
Studies by World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Pakistan) and National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan (NIOP) show seawater intrusion in the past 30 years has encroached over 1 kilometer inland. Indus River Delta may see a rise of up to 10 millimeters per year in the future. Other studies predict an eventual rise …
The WWF on Thursday raised the alarm over plummeting elephant populations in Mozambique after an aerial survey showed ivory poaching is decimating herds in the country. Between 480 and 900 elephants died in the northern Quirimbas reserve between 2011 and 2013 according to a recent aerial study commissioned by the …
The WWF on Thursday raised the alarm over plummeting elephant populations in Mozambique after an aerial survey showed ivory poaching is decimating herds in the country. Between 480 and 900 elephants died in the northern Querimbas reserve between 2011 and 2013 according to a recent aerial study commissioned by the …
Despite a stay order by the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Punjab government could not get the work on a road in the Salt Range stopped, Dawn has learnt. Having a support of a member of the National Assembly, Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD) recently started work on 11.83 …
British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the area’s world heritage status. Soco has been at loggerheads with conservation campaigner WWF for months over its activities in Virunga, Africa’s …
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), India, has set up camera traps to track the movement of snow leopards, Asia’s most endangered cats, a few km from the Line of Control (LoC) in the mountains of Kargil district. As per the WWF, there are 400-700 snow leopards in India, a majority …
VARANASI: A noted river scientist has requested Union transport & highways and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari to ensure adequate water flow in Ganga before beginning any programme of waterways in the holy river. Gadkari had declared that his department, in coordination with ministries of water resources, urban development, forest and …
A group of nongovernmental organizations is warning executives of major greenhouse gas emitting companies that they could face personal liability if they are found to have been involved in funding climate denial or opposing policies to fight climate change. Greenpeace International, World Wildlife Fund and the Center for International Environmental …
The Assam Government has launched a novel DNA indexing system for the one-horned rhinos in Assam to give a boost to the conservation efforts of the pachyderm, which are falling in numbers in the State due to rampant poaching. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that the Government has decided …
Brazil’s government, the World Wildlife Fund and various partners are expected to unveil an agreement on Wednesday that would establish a $215 million fund for conservation of protected jungle in the Amazon rainforest. The fund, which seeks to ensure conservation of over 90 protected areas in the Amazon, comes as …
WWF staff have been telephoned with death threats for opposing oil exploitation in Africa's oldest national park, which is home to one in four of the world's estimated 800 remaining mountain gorillas. It follows the attempted assassination of the Virunga national park's chief warden last month and the death of …
Greece's plan to allow more construction and business activity along its vast Mediterranean coastline to boost its economy has sparked uproar in a country whose pristine beaches attract millions of tourists each year. Greece's long coastline remains less developed than that of some Southern Europe countries, such as Spain. The …
Conservation charity's remotely controlled device safeguards reintroduced species and monitors endangered breeds Military technology used to hunt down insurgents in Afghanistan has been taken up by Britain's biggest nature conservation charity to safeguard some of the country's rarest birds. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is using …
In the battle against poachers, conservationists have become embroiled in a technological arms race. And now Instagram is being used as a weapon. Recent reports suggest poachers are increasingly using geo-tagged photos on the site, and other social media networks, to quickly track down their prey. A photo posted on …
