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Back Garnaut or back off, WWF tells Opposition
WWF has urged the Federal Opposition to end the cheap, political point-scoring and adopt a bipartisan approach to tackling the serious threat of climate change.
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No compensation for electricity generators under ETS
Electricity generators and other big polluters have known for nearly 20 years that they would have to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and they should not receive favourable treatment under an emissions trading scheme, WWF said today.
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Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones as Southern Ocean warms
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found.
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Progress at Bonn Climate Talks is not good enough
Bonn, Germany – With only 536 days remaining until the Copenhagen Climate Summit, governments are making too little progress in developing the future system for reducing climate-damaging emissions, WWF says.
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World's rarest rhinos make first video trap appearance - then toss camera
JAKARTA--After just a month in operation, specially designed video cameras installed to capture wildlife footage in the jungles of South East Asia have twice recorded remarkable images of the world's rarest rhino accompanied by a calf.
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Report values healthy oceans at $US21 trillion
Bonn, May 26, 2008: Oceans offer a vast bounty to humanity in terms of food, climate and coastal protection, medicine and new technologies but these assets are at risk due to very low levels of protection and over-exploitation, a new WWF-Germany study has found.
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Coral Sea sharks could be "wiped out"
Healthy but isolated shark populations and other marine species in Australia's Coral Sea are particularly vulnerable and could be wiped out by future fishing operations unless the area receives adequate protection, two new pieces of research released today have warned.
Missing biodiversity target puts people at risk
Gland, Switzerland: Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on trashing the environment, the conservation organization WWF cautioned today as it launches its 2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge report.
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Environment spending welcomed but action required
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Rudd Government's first budget, applauding new budget measures for protected areas, Indigenous conservation, water buyback, and the Great Barrier Reef – key elements of a national climate rescue package for Australia's irreplaceable natural heritage.
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$15m for weeds research a winner
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Australian Government's announcement to spend $15 million on a new National Weeds and Productivity Research Program in its budget next week, and warned of a new wave of invasive weeds threatening to jump the garden fence and take hold in Australian bushland.