Environmental conservation work in Japan


Latest news and publications


 
Bigeye Tuna for sale at the fish market in Hawaii.

27 Nov 2008
Pacific tuna face risky fisheries meeting
Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific also face collapse if a forthcoming management meeting doesn't dramatically change the way they are harvested, WWF warned today.
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Unless urgent action is taken, Atlantic bluefin tuna will soon disappear from the Mediterranean

14 Nov 2008
Europe sits on damning bluefin tuna report
A European fisheries report demonstrating continuing widespread infringements by bluefin tuna fleets despite increased fleet surveillance in the Mediterranean has been delayed until after the conclusion of next week's key international tuna commission meeting to decide on a new management regime for the fishery.

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Bluefin and Yellowfin tuna being processed for sale at the Tokyo fishmarket, Japan.

13 Oct 2008
Spain, Japan back bluefin tuna ban
Key fishing state Spain and key tuna market Japan joined with a majority of other countries to back closing the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna fishery until it can be brought under control and establishing protected areas in the main breeding grounds.
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New or updated projects

Modified: Nov 2007 - Started: Apr 2007

Corporate Partnership on Climate Change

To keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, a significant reduction in global CO2 emissions is n... » Read more
 
Modified: Nov 2007 - Started: Apr 2007

Future Framework Negotiations

This project is a development of a previous project (JP0059, Kyoto Protocol). Now that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Ass... » Read more
 
Modified: Jul 2007 - Started: Apr 2005

Enhancing Domestic Climate Policy

There is now a widespread acknowledgement of the need to keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels... » Read more

Contact

Shigeki Komori
(Senior Administrative Officer, Network Relations)
WWF Japan,
Tokyo

T: +81 3 3769 1711

Website

Offices

WWF Coral Reef Conservation and Research Centre
118 Azashiraho Ishigaki-shi Okinawa 907-0242 Japan
Japan

T: 81 9808 4 4135
F: 81 9808 6 8865
 
WWF Japan,
Tokyo

Nihonseimei Akabanebashi Bldg. 3-1-14 Shiba Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0014
Japan

T: +81 3 3769 1711
F: +81 3 3769 1717

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