Environmental conservation work in Greece


Latest news and publications


 
ICCAT, 2008: a decade long tradition of ignoring its scientists on catches and seasons continues, risking collapse of the world's last surviving large bluefin fishery.

24 Nov 2008
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
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The WWF e-card sent to the Greek Prime Minister by over 3,000 Greek citizens.

21 Nov 2008
Greek PM inundated with e-cards for climate action
More than 3,000 Greek citizens have responded to a WWF call over the past four days by sending their Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, a WWF e-card asking him to take an active part in the global efforts to fight climate change.
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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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New or updated projects

Modified: May 2007 - Started: Jan 2006

Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Insular Areas

Communities in insular and ecologically sensitive areas face many challenges, especially related to continuously increasing energy demand that the cur... » Read more
 
Modified: May 2007 - Started: Dec 2005

Monk Seals and Fisheries

WWF Greece is participating in the Monk Seal and Fisheries (MOFI) project, a European Union (EU) LIFE-Nature co-funded project, the coordinator of whi... » Read more
 
Modified: Apr 2007 - Started: Jan 2007

Public Participation in the National Reserve of Parnitha

Among the largest mammal species, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) population of the Parnitha reserve is one of the few in the country and, by far, the ... » Read more

Contact

Theodota Nantsou
(Conservation Policy Coordinator)
WWF Greece,
Athens

T: +30 210 331 4893
 
George Vellidis
(Head of Communications)
WWF Greece,
Athens

T: +3021033314893

Website

Offices

WWF Greece,
Athens

26 Filellinon Street 10558 Athens
Greece

T: +30 210 331 4893
F: +30 210 324 7578

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