World Wildlife Fund

There is no single river in Bulgaria that is not damaged, either alone or with its tributaries, from pollution, from drying up, from barriers to the migration of species in it, from digging for aggregates or from sewerage. That's why the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is signalling the problem. 

In its 14th annual report on Greece, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) paints a grim picture regarding the environment in this country.

Well over half the world's population of vertebrates, from fish to birds to mammals, have been wiped out in the past four decades, says a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, reports CBC News. 

Decrying the lack of action in the wake of a devastating fire that engulfed the coastal resort of Mati in eastern Attica last summer, the Greek branch of the World Wildlife Fund made an urgent appeal on Monday for political measures that will prevent a repeat of such tragedies in the future.

AFP - Nepal's wild tiger population has nearly doubled over the last nine years, officials said Monday, in a victory for the impoverished country's drive to save the endangered big cats.

Wildlife groups have welcomed the news as a sign that political involvement and innovative conservation strategies can reverse the decline of the majestic Royal Bengal tiger.

Seventy six victims of the wildfire that gutted a coastal town in east Attica killing at least 91 people and injuring scores have been identified, the police's criminal investigation division said on Wednesday in its latest briefing.

The number of people officially unaccounted for stands at eight.

A new body was recovered in the sea off the coast of Glyfada, a suburb in the south of Athens, the coast guard said on Tuesday.

The body was found floating by a man who was sailing out in his boat and immediately alerted authorities, the coast guard said.

According to initial information, it belongs to a man of about 50 years of age.

Four major Greek environmental protection groups have sent a letter to Zakynthos's chief prosecutor, calling for measures to stop rampant violations of rules intended to protect endangered turtle populations in the Ionian island's marine park.

Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya Monday, leaving his species one step closer to complete extinction, even as a group of scientists undertake an unprecedented effort to try to keep this animal from vanishing entirely.

The endangered species in some biodiversity-rich regions of the world are almost the half of all species. The analysis refers to the time before 2080 and indicates places such as Amazonia and Madagascar, reports AFP.