In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing productivity can help combat deforestation in the Amazon
… WWF calls for 'scaling up' of beef production … The Ecologist | 22nd February 2011 News WWF Brazil Deforestation Beef Food And Farming … Amazon In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing …
Newspaper apologises for article that disputed 'peer-reviewed scientific evidence' that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest is at risk from climate change
… newspaper has now admitted the claims in a WWF report , used by the Intergovernmental … by peer-reviewed scientific evidence. The WWF report ' Global Review of Forest Fires ' … but not referenced as such in the report. WWF admitted the error but said it had told …
"Most of the recently discovered plants and animals are thought to be endemic to small parts of the Amazon rainforest."
… on the list of Amazon discoveries released by WWF today. It includes a total of 258 plants, … of Programmes for Brazil and the Amazon at WWF-UK. "The richness of the Amazon's forests … * Through its Living Amazon Initiative , WWF is working towards a comprehensive …
Brazilian government urged to start paying farmers to protect Amazon land as it pushes on with plans to scrap historic forest protection laws
… cent of land owners still operate illegally). WWF’s Claudio Maretti, who works in the Amazon … to reducing deforestation ‘fragile’. WWF-Brazil meanwhile says the changes would … Speaking to the Ecologist earlier this year, WWF chief executive Denise Hamu, called for …
Controversial Indonesian company Asia Pulp & Paper has come under fire from environmentalists because of 'false claims' over Sumatran rainforest carbon reserve
… could be contributing to illegal logging - WWF Many consumers mistakenly think that wood …
Ten-year project will look at whether setting-aside natural forests within oil palm plantations can save threatened species such as the Orang-utan, Pygmy Elephant and Clouded Leopard
… Among those also attending the launch, WWF said it suspected the study may find out … a difference to conservation efforts,' said WWF Malaysia CEO Dr Dionysuis Sharma, 'but it …
After a significant drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August 2012-July 2013, according to INPE, the Brazilian Spatial Institute.
… deforestation." Claudio Maretti, leader of WWF Living Amazon Global Initiative, …
Conservationists battling to save Indonesia's rainforests are locked in a dispute over moves to make oil palm plantations more wildlife-friendly. Tom Levitt reports
… ecosystem - are lost during conversion. A WWF study estimated there were 80 mammal …
The world’s tropical forests are falling as fast as ever – at a pace of about 13 million hectares each year, or 50 football fields a minute. But the rainforest killers are changing, with big implications for us all.
… Friends of the Earth, Rainforest Alliance and WWF – actively battling forest-destroying …