Environmental conservation news: North America
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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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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10 Nov 2008
Canadian territory fails to protect polar bears
Canada's youngest territory is facing an international backlash following its decision to leave unchanged the number of polar bears it allows to be killed in part of the Baffin Bay region each year.
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05 Nov 2008
WWF welcomes Obama’s election
The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States has been welcomed by WWF - provided he sticks to the progressive environmental policies that he promised throughout his campaign.
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30 Oct 2008
Coca-Cola sets goals for cutting water use and emissions
Coca-Cola has committed itself to a 20 percent improvement in water efficiency over 2004 levels in its worldwide operations by 2012, saving about 50 billion litres of fresh water over projected use that year.
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22 Oct 2008
US cracks down on illegal logging
US trade in products containing illegally logged wood, which costs developing countries an estimated $15 billion a year in lost revenue, may soon be a thing of the past.
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20 Oct 2008
The J Paul Getty Award for Conservation
“I believe that wildlife conservation, the work of World Wildlife Fund, is one of the most constructive enterprises that any man or woman could be interested in today…I get satisfaction out of having done my duty as I see it. If this prize makes more people concerned about conservation and thus makes the world a better place to live in, then I will be satisfied. “
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20 Oct 2008
Getty Prize goes to Madagascar community leader
WWF-US has announced that Roger Samba has been named the winner of the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. The annual award honours outstanding contributions to international conservation and carries with it a $200,000 prize.
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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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06 Oct 2008
connect2earth Prize Awarded
Sofia Mateus, a 29-year-old Swiss/Portuguese, is the grand prize winner of an international youth competition running on connect2earth, the green on-line community where young people can have their say about the environment by uploading videos, pictures and comments.
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