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Behind the flatpack – how IKEA is helping protect virgin forest in Romania
Strong, light, flexible, attractive and renewable – wood is the ultimate raw material. No one knows this better than global home furnishings giant IKEA. One of the biggest users of timber in the retail sector, a full two thirds of the company’s product sales contain wood. And yet while we all enjoy the affordable Scandinavian […]
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Ever wondered how to dive responsibly with sharks and rays?
Even though I have logged too many dives to keep count, almost none of them have been for recreation. In my early diving days as a commercial diver, not a single dive was with the animals that had drawn me to study marine biology in the first place: sharks. The shallow fringing coral reef systems […]
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The everyday miracle of life in the Mediterranean
How often do you get to see a baby whale being born? I have worked as marine biologist for more than 15 years, and this was a first for me. A miracle of nature – awesome in the true sense of the word – happening in our beautiful home: the Mediterranean. For over 10 years, […]
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Together we can transform our relationship with nature and build a sustainable future for all life on earth
The signals are clear: we are facing a planetary emergency. The world is on fire, from the Amazon to Australia, the seas are rising, and we are losing nature that provides important ecosystem services every day. But this is not only affecting wildlife and nature, it is also impacting on human well-being and livelihoods. Rising […]
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Together we can transform our relationship with nature and build a sustainable future for all life on earth
The signals are clear: we are facing a planetary emergency. The world is on fire, from the Amazon to Australia, the seas are rising, and we are losing nature that provides important ecosystem services every day. But this is not only affecting wildlife and nature, it is also impacting on human well-being and livelihoods. Rising […]
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2020: let’s put nature top of everybody’s to-do list
2020 will be a crucial year for the environment and, since we all depend on the natural world, it’ll be an important year for us too. It’s a time for important actions and decisions that will impact people everywhere for generations to come. We need to stop destroying our precious environment and start to restore […]
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What makes a company a leader on sustainable cotton?
© Asim Hafeez _ WWF-UK Today, 2 October Pesticide Action Network UK, Solidaridad and WWF published the second Sustainable Cotton Ranking Report assessing the performance of multinational companies using large volumes of cotton in their products. Present in hundreds of everyday items, from clothes and bed linen to mattresses, towels and even bank notes, cotton […]
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Galapagos: Why live in paradise if you can´t save the Bay?
I have been lucky enough to live in the most amazing place on Earth for the last two and a half years – the Galapagos Islands. Every visitor, colleague and even close relative usually starts a conversation about how lucky I am to live in paradise. My answer is always affirmative, but it comes with […]
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The day the ocean arrived
Reflections on the opening of the first ever UN Ocean Conference, New York. I’ve been working in ocean conservation for more than two decades and this week feels different from any I’ve experienced before. I think we’ve made a breakthrough for the ocean. It’s no single initiative – although I’m seeing many strong ones being […]
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Zero poaching or zero wildlife?
The rainy season is now ending in Tanzania. In the coming months, WWF will increase its field activities to stop poaching in the Selous and secure the future of one of the most important protected areas in the world. George Atanasi and Said Nkinga are Selous Game Reserve rangers. They were Selous rangers before it […]
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Sulu Seas shark tourism expedition
One of the more gratifying experiences for a conservationist is seeing the approaches you’ve developed coming into fruition in the real world, and having a positive effect. Having devoted a lot of energy to our recently released Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice, it was with great anticipation that I recently joined […]
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The Mekong River and ASEAN economies – neither can prosper without the other
Last week, regional leaders met in Phnom Penh in Cambodia to discuss how to build a more connected, prosperous Southeast Asia at the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). They talked about how technology, infrastructure, and closer trade ties will help ASEAN’s youth – a rising powerhouse – shape the economic future of […]
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Why we need to transform our approach to hydropower
Hydropower has triggered intense discussion and conflict for decades. While debates over individual dams carry great weight for local rivers and communities, they are also the most visible flash points of an even larger underlying global challenge: how can the world provide sufficient electricity to support stable, prosperous societies – including delivering electricity to the one […]
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