WWF protests plastics at Lanzarote underwater museum
► WWF divers call on Spain’s gov’t to take action against single-use plastics ► Protest over negative impact of plastics on world’s…
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Scout movement to go dark for WWF’s Earth Hour 2018
The Scouting movement in Spain has pledged its more than 35,000 boy and girl members to work to raise awareness about global…
WWF urges Asturias to halt ‘open season’ on wolves
• WWF España calls on Asturias’ Socialist president to halt wolf hunting • NGO will appeal to EU over ‘disproportionate, clearly illegal’…
WWF wins Supreme Court victory on ‘Las Aletas’ marsh
• Plan for Cádiz industrial park ‘illegal’, would ‘irreversibly’ harm marshland • Court forced to rule second time, following Rajoy government decree…
#VIDEO: WWF gears up for ‘Earth Hour’ on Saturday
• Spanish TV & film actress Clara Lago helps WWF España promote Earth Hour • Millions to turn off lights to show…
#VIDEO: WWF urges Spain to save Doñana wetlands
• NGO says 4,000 species at risk due to dredging, farming and mining activities • UNESCO says World Heritage site in danger…
NGOFILE :: WWF España
• WWF España ~ WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for Nature • WWF España (WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for…
NGOFILE :: WWF España
• WWF España ~ WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for Nature • WWF España (WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for…
WWF says Spanish cities, towns, corporations and organizations ready for Earth Hour 2016 on Saturday
• Hour-long ‘lights out’ for climate change Saturday from 8:30-9:30 pm • More than 300 Spanish cities and towns are joining 120…
WWF Spain office raps government for sharp jump in CO2 emissions, lagging renewable energy production
• Spain’s continued fossil fuels investment, subsidies cited by NGO • WWF calls for Spanish commitment to renewables to combat climate change…
Spain gets poor marks on water resources management
Spain’s water resources policies for the protection of rivers, lakes, wetlands and underground aquifers are failing and nearly half the country’s river…
NGOs call on Spain to cut pesticides 50% in 10 years
► Groups urge gov’t to follow lead of France, Denmark in reducing chemicals ► A dozen non-governmental environmental organizations in Spain have…
Oaks clear-cut by Aussie-owned uranium mine halted
• Activists, NGOs say oaks crucial to habitat of bird species in Natura 2000 zone • Open-pit uranium mining operation is subsidiary…
Protesters call for protection of Spain’s Iberian Wolf
• Marchers in Madrid demand gov’t declare Iberian Wolf protected species • Organizers call for end to hunting and attacks on Spain’s native…
#VIDEO: Doñana river dredging placed on hold
• Spanish gov’t assures UNESCO that dredging of Guadalquivir will not proceed • WWF España calls for definitive proof, says Doñana wetlands…
NGOFILE :: A Guide to Spain’s Non-Governmental Organisations
Progressive Spain’s guide to leading non-governmental organisations active in Spain. To read the profile of any of the NGOs listed below, just…
Tenerife conclave urged to create Arctic preserve
• Greenpeace activists delivered 8 million signatures calling for Arctic protection • North-Atlantic marine protection meeting in Tenerife to decide sanctuary issue…
NGOs demand action on marine migration corredor
• Ecologistas, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife, FOE & WWF press gov’t for action • Seek to end Mediterranean oil-gas drilling to protect migratory marine…
Palma de Mallorca’s ‘Cathedral of Light’ achieves zero carbon footprint via 100% use of renewables
• Europe’s second-highest Gothic cathedral certified ‘green’ by Axpo Iberia • The lights were out Saturday night at the Cathedral in Palma…
#VIDEO: Madrid marchers demand protected status, end to ‘lethal control’ of endangered Iberian Wolves
• Protest calls for same protected status for Iberian Wolves as in Portugal • Chanting ¡Lobo Vivo, Lobo Protegido! (“Wolves Alive, Wolves…
Five NGOs press Sánchez to push sustainability, social justice to forefront of coalition negotiations
• Major ‘green’ NGOs press for commitment from parties on environment • As Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist party (PSOE) continues with…