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Draft energy strategy ‘riddled with holes’
The Government’s draft energy strategy released yesterday for consultation has been criticised by WWF-New Zealand as being ‘riddled with holes and dangerously biased towards mineral extraction’.
New bill to slash Amazon protection passes crucial vote
Brasilia, Brazil - Amendments to Brazil's Forest Code that could sanction dramatic increases in deforestation passed a crucial vote in the Congress's Special Committee on Forest Law Changes last night, an outcome lamented by scientists, environmental and social NGOs and indigenous groups.
A setback in Brazil's environmental legislation
WWF-Brazil described the approval of an alternate bill for the Forest Law submitted by Representative Aldo Rebelo as a setback. In WWF-Brazil's opinion, the changes were hardly debated and, if the bill is passed by the Lower House as is, it will nullify all the efforts that the Brazilian Government has been making to conserve
Russia to create new national parks and reserves almost size of Switzerland
Moscow – Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected areas to nearly 3 percent of its territory by 2020, a move which helps the country to meet its international obligations to protect biodiversity.
Spotlight on planned double subsidies for Spanish coal
Brussels, Belgium – WWF has today lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission concerning a new regulation passed by the Spanish government to provide state aid to power stations that burn domestically produced coal. The organisation says that the scheme, if approved, would be additional to existing subsidies already given to Spanish coal mines for the same coal.
