Agriculture & the environment: news
09 Oct 2008
Ministers, governors commit to saving Sumatra
New hope was extended to some of the world's most diverse and endangered forests today as WWF, four Indonesian ministers and ten provincial governors announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra.
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03 Oct 2008
Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue Expands its Reach - Meetings planned this fall for Southeast Asia and the Americas Region
The world's shrimp aquaculture industry leaders and other stakeholders will meet in South America and Southeast Asia this fall to develop standards for shrimp farming that has a minimal impact on the environment and society.
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22 May 2008
Basic food crops dangerously vulnerable
Bonn, Germany, May 22, 2008 – As a deadly new strain of Black Stem Rust devastates wheat harvests across Africa and Arabia, and threatens the staple food supply of a billion people from Egypt to Pakistan, the areas where potentially crop and life-saving remnant wild wheat relatives grow are only minimally protected. » Read more
14 Apr 2008
Audio slideshow: A wealth from farming
The Danube-Carpathian region has many of Europe's richest richest cultural landscapes. But changing rural economies and land use are putting pressure on many of these areas. In our slideshow, WWF's Koen de Rijck talks about these nature values and the people that have created them, the threats they face, and how to address these challenges, accompanied by Koen's striking photos of the landscapes and people of the region. » Read more
05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.
The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more
03 Oct 2007
Study: Growing more rice with less water
A new method to grow rice could save hundreds of billions of cubic metres of water while increasing food security, according to a new WWF study. The system of rice intensification method, or SRI, has helped increase yields in some countries by as much as 30%. » Read more
26 Jan 2007
Climate Witness: Jonathan Banks, Australia
Jonathan Banks, 63, from Pialligo, Australia, runs a small organically-certified orchard. Over the past several years he has witnessed the impacts of climatic changes on his farm.
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11 May 2006
Spain sucked dry by illegal water use
A new WWF report shows that illegal irrigation, particularly the drilling of boreholes, is being funded by EU subsidies.
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08 Feb 2006
WWF asks for mandatory eco-certification for biofuels
While trying to increase their use, the EU must also endorse the mandatory eco-certification of all biofuels used in Europe, said WWF following the release of the European Commission’s Communication on Biofuels. » Read more
07 Dec 2005
EU must ensure bioenergy is really ‘green’
As the European Commission releases its Biomass Action Plan, WWF, Greenpeace, BirdLife International and the European Environmental Bureau warn the EU that it must put in place strong environmental safeguards, without which reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be negligible and impacts on the broader environment will be severe. » Read more
