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SA: Statement by the World Wide Fund for Nature, conservation organisation, encouraged by Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s renewed commitment to the rebuilding strategy for the West Coast rock lobster stock (17/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Following a meeting between the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) this week – the organisation is encouraged by...

WWF-SA launches new plan to counter rhino poaching

CONSERVATION

The World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) has launched a five-point strategic framework ahead of World Rhino Day on September 22, to curb the drastically increasing number of illegal...

WWF: Statement by the World Wide Fund for Nature, congratulating the first retailer in Africa to make sustainable seafood commitments (14/10/2011)

Statements

The World Wide Fund for Nature: South Africa (WWF-SA) has welcomed an announcement by Pick n Pay stating they are committed to transforming its entire fresh, frozen and canned seafood...

Cancun climate talks get under way, WWF says catch-up plan needed

CLIMATE CHANGE

The yearly global climate change negotiations kicked off on Monday in Cancun, Mexico, with fewer political leaders present, and lower expectations of forging a legally binding inclusive deal on...

WWF urges South Africa to be more sustainable

GREEN ECONOMY

South African government, private sector and civil society would need to work together to ensure that the value of nature and natural capital was measured and protected, the World Wide Fund for...

June will be a ‘watershed month’ for climate talks – WWF

CLIMATE CHANGE

As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started in Bonn, Germany on Monday, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said that June would be a "watershed" month for global...

Daily podcast - January 15, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, the NPA opposes the Ministry of State Security’s application to the SCA; SADC leaders reject Andry Rajoelina's stance on power-sharing; and, the WWF-SA questions the integrity...

World leaders meet on climate change in New York

CLIMATE CHANGE

Almost 100 world leaders descended on New York as the United Nations (UN) held its summit on climate change on Tuesday, aimed at mobilising political will and strengthening momentum for a fair,...

SA wants technology diffusion to developing countries at centre of Copenhagen deal

CLIMATE CHANGE

Predictable financial flows, technology transfer and capacity building for developing countries are the imperatives sought by South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs negotiators...

UN climate change negotiations get under way in Bonn

CLIMATE CHANGE

Global climate change talks, leading up to the Copenhagen conference in December, started in Bonn, Germany, this week, and South Africa was represented at these informal talks by Department of...

Daily podcast - July 10, 2009

Multimedia

In today's podcast, Cape Judge President John Hlophe says that South Africa's law needs to be Africanised; the WWF proposes a new global financial architecture for the global climate change deal...

Companies want G8 leaders to set ambitious carbon-emission targets

CLIMATE CHANGE

A number of international corporations were calling on the Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Italy this week, to agree on a global climate deal by the end of 2009 and to set ambitious targets...

Green energy gets shot in the arm with generous SA tariff regime

Multimedia

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) gave South Africa’s nascent renewable-energy industry a major boost on Tuesday when it unveiled a generously priced renewable energy feed-in...

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