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05 Feb 2010
Preparations for Olympic games in Russia not meeting environmental standards - WWF
Despite a recent visit by the United Nations Environment Programme, preparations for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia are failing to meet proper environmental standards, according to WWF. On Jan. 28-30, a UNEP mission visited Sochi to assess environmental impact of ...
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Restinga formation in São Paulo State may receive protected area
Diagnosis made by WWF-Brazil contributed to the proposal by the Atlantic Forest Programme and confirmed the importance of the area of 8,025 hectares, which can save one of the most threatened ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest.
Protected areas: natural solutions for the climate change crises
Book launched in Copenhagen tells how protected areas contribute to decrease climate change impacts
Natura is the First Brazilian Company to Join the WWF Climate Savers Program
Natura announced its participation in the WWF Climate Savers program and its commitment to reduce its operational emissions in 10%.
Note of Clarification
WWF-Brazil asserts emphatically that the message of the ad "Tsunami" does not reflect under any circumstances the opinion of the organization.
Colombia commits to stop illegal timber trade
The Colombian Government together with 24 public and private sector organizations, civil society representatives and consumers, signed a Pact For Legal timber in Colombia. The recent signing of A Pact for Legal Timber in Colombia will enhance forest management and conservation in Colombia, home to 29% of the world's forests.
Climate delegates finally agreed: only that they disagree - WWF
Bonn, June 12 - Delegates at the latest Unites Nations climate talks agreed that they disagree on almost all crucial issues, WWF states after another long round of negotiations about the future of our planet ended, with little progress on the substantial issues.
The Atlantic Forest Day stresses the challenge to protect what is left from this forest
Testing begin in São Paulo parks, which are the greatest remaining continuous fragments of the Atlantic Forest, aiming at a visitation impact monitoring system
Organic cattle ranchers in the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands establish protocol including production, social and environmental criteria
Organic cattle ranchers in the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands are taking an important step towards certification by establishing a new initiative for this segment: the creation of an internal protocol aiming at production processes and social & environmental responsibility. The new Protocol launching is scheduled for this coming Tuesday, April 28, in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul), by the Brazilian Association of Organic Cattle Ranching (ABPO) and WWF-Brazil.
Brazil turns off its major icons
Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, in Rio de Janeiro, Municipal Theatre and Ibirapuera Park, in São Paulo, and Brazilian National Congress and the Cathedral, in Brasília, turned into dark
Job: WWF Amazon Network Initiative Leader
WWF, the global conservation organization, is seeking to recruit a Leader, Amazon Network Initiative based in Brazil.
