Environmental conservation work in Mexico


Latest news and publications


 
Some 200,000 endangered loggerhead turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) drown annually on longlines set around the world for tuna, swordfish, and other fish.

26 Aug 2008
Fishing Technology That’s Letting Turtles Off the Hook
Santiago de Cali, Colombia - Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a report released by WWF and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).

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Climate Witness Octavio Mancilla, Mexico

30 May 2008
Climate Witness: Octavio Mancilla, Mexico
Octavio Mancilla’s grandfather once trudged across glaciers and snow on the Iztaccihuatl volcano.  Walking in his footsteps some 40 years later, Octavio says that little of this remains, with the area covered by snow gradually decreasing. Down in the valley, rivers are almost dry. And that's just the beginning of the story...
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Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action. 

The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 1993

Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion

Defining success for the Chihuahuan Desert starts with the conservation in perpetuity of its most distinctive biological features: globally rare colle... » Read more
 
Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Apr 1993

Conservation of the Gulf of California

Located in Northwest Mexico, the Gulf of California separates the Baja California Peninsula, the world's most extensive and insulated peninsula, and t... » Read more
 
Modified: Jul 2008 - Started: Jul 1997

Transvolcanic Pine-Oak Forests - Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries

WWF has designed an innovative conservation scheme to protect and restore the unique high-altitude oyamel fir forest ecosystem which provides critical... » Read more

Contact

Jatziri Perez
(Communications Coordinator)
WWF Mexico Programme Office,
Mexico

T: +52 55 52865631 ext 223
 
Vanessa Perez Cirera
(Global Coordinator, Tourism Strategy)
WWF MEDPO,
Barcelona Project Office

T: +52 5552865631

Website

Offices

WWF Mexico Programme Office,
Mexico

Avenue Mexico No. 51 Col. Hipodromo Condesa 06170 Mexico,
D.F.
Mexico

T: +52 55 5286 5631
F: +52 55 5286 5637
 
WWF Mexico,
Chihuahuan Desert ,
Chihuahua

Blvd. Ortiz Mena 3301-1 Col. San Felipe,
V Etapa Chihuahua,
Chihuahua. 31240
Mexico

T: +52 614 4149221
 
WWF Mexico,
Gulf of California Programme,
Sonora

Blvd. Beltrones Rivera # 264,
Local 3 Edificio Hacienda Plaza San Carlos,
Sonora,
85506
Mexico
 
WWF Mexico,
Mexican Forest Programme,
Oaxaca

Jazmines # 217 Col. Reforma Oaxaca,
Oaxaca. 68050
Mexico

T: +52 951 51 36723
 
WWF Mexico,
Monarch Butterfly Office Michoacan

Tercera Cerrada de Hidalgo Oriente # 9 Col. Héroes Ferrocarrileros,
61506 Zitácuaro,
Michoacán
Mexico

T: +52 715 15 34 503

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