Tuesday, May 11, 2010

WWF meets in Borneo to chart conservation strategies

KOTA KINABALU: A strategy to get governments to reduce carbon emissions is on the cards as Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) delegates from across the world sit down in Borneo to discuss conservation strategies and challenges.

WWF International director-general James P. Leape said the threat to climate change has not abated as global carbon emissions continues to grow though last year's Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change had helped to highlight the issue.

“WWF hopes to find ways to work with governments, civil society and businesses to take a low carbon emission development path,” he said in interview here ahead of the five-day closed-door conference themed “Biodiversity, Footprint and Our Future”.

Some 150 delegates comprising key conservation leaders from WWF offices all over the world are attend the meeting hosted by WWF Malaysia that began Tuesday.

Participants are expected to discuss conservation strategies and challenges in delivering conservation programmes.

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