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The makers of Europe’s toilet paper and other household paper good are contributing to deforestation by failing to offer consumers enough recycled products, conservationists said on Monday. The vast majority of their products contain ”alarmingly low levels” of recycled fibres, said the WWF.

Water scooped up by ships for ballast and dumped at the end of a voyage can cause as much damage as an oil spill by carrying marine life to new coastlines, environmental group the WWF warned on Wednesday. The water is loaded with marine species that can invade new environments when released in ports.

The environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature warned on Thursday that illegal driftnets cast by Moroccan, French and Italian fishermen continue to kill thousands of dolphins in the Mediterranean each year. An estimated 3 000 to 4 000 dolphins are caught annually in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Morocco.