World Wide Fund

Fires have eaten through roughly 0.6 percent of Europe's Mediterranean forests each year from 2009 to 2018, a recent report from six country offices of global conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has shown, warning that fires are increasing in frequency and virulence.

Environmental experts from a coalition of NGOs called For Nature - Bulgaria began an information campaign on Tuesday in an attempt to maintain the spirit of the winter 2018 #SavePirin protests against the further development of the Pirin National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site.

The Greek chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has slammed the leftist-led government for tabling a bill which, it said, effectively "rewards illegal interventions in forests and forest areas."

In a letter sent to Greek MPs Monday, the environmental group also criticized the government for failing to put the legislation up for public consultation.

Istanbul?s symbolic landmarks were darkened for an hour on March 28 during the World Wide Fund for Nature?s (WWF) annual ?Earth Hour? event to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Like all other EU countries, most Balkan countries are using far more than the planet can offer and exploiting its rescources to the point of no return, the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, warned in its latest report.

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The Living Planet Index, which measures trends in thousands of vertebrate species populations, shows a decline of 52% between 1970 and 2010, according to the latest edition of WWF's Living Planet Report.

In other words, the number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe is, on average, about half the size it was 40 years ago.