http://www.worldwildlife.org/ The latest news from the places WWF works. Fri, 06 JUN 2008 17:00:00 EDT en-us http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/ProtectingtheArctic.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/ProtectingtheArctic.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST Two years after the Gulf oil spill, learn from WWF’s Layla Hughes why we are working to stop oil and gas development. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/03222012protected_areas.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/03222012protected_areas.html Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST New study shows success and importance of well-protected areas for the survival of species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27165.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27165.html Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST WWF and supporters urged Mexican president to protect Cabo Pulmo. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27041.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27041.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST An unprecedented commitment to address threats to the world’s oceans http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26950.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26950.html Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Drilling Plans Do Not Address Barriers to Spill Response Says WWF.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26751.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26751.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST American companies and consumers are inadvertently contributing to Indonesian rain forest and tiger habitat destruction by buying toilet paper and other tissue products made with fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26483.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26483.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species changed the Sumatran elephant's status. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26278.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26278.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Greater one-horned rhinos start 2012 on a positive note. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25359.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25359.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST A new report documents a tiger sanctuary under threat from deforestation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25402.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25402.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST One of Asia Pulp & Paper’s (APP) suppliers is clear cutting its widely advertised tiger sanctuary in Sumatra, Indonesia, an investigation by a coalition of environmental groups finds.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25176.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25176.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF helps nations of the Eastern Himalayas lay foundation for regional response to climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25081.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25081.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST The nations of Bhutan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh have signed a regional climate change adaptation declaration that will allow collaboration on energy, water, food and biodiversity issues. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25004.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25004.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF’s Dekila Chungyalpa presented to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the strategies utilized by WWF toward sustainable dam development in the Mekong River basin. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24997.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24997.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST On November 15, 2011, customs officials in Hong Kong seized 33 rhino horns that were smuggled from South Africa. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24954.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24954.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST View an article on thegef.org about a breakthrough approach to help reduce bycatch and ensure a more sustainable future. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24832.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24832.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST A new program called Hariyo Ban aims to help the country in its struggle against climate change and threats to biodiversity http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24592.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24592.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST Coca-Cola and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining forces in a bold new campaign to help protect the polar bear’s Arctic home. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24582.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24582.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) confirmed the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros in Vietnam on October 25, 2011. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24522.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24522.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST On October 3, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that the agency has filed the Record of Decision regarding a 2008 federal oil and natural gas lease sale in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24376.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24376.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST NPR recently traveled to Namibia to highlight the country’s unique wildlife conservation model. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24365.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24365.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST The Obama administration’s decision to affirm Chukchi Lease Sale 193 in America’s Arctic Ocean is a clear case of politics trumping science. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24283.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24283.html Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST Unique financing approach used by U.S. and Indonesian governments to protect forests. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24247.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24247.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST Today honors the legacy of WWF employees and leaders who lost their lives in a tragic helicopter accident in 2006. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24246.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24246.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF is saddened by the loss of Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and tireless advocate for conservation in the Congo Basin.   http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24088.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24088.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST Cabo Pulmo National Park is under threat from a proposal for massive development. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24083.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24083.html Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST Just weeks before Arctic sea ice extent reaches a record or near-record annual low, observers estimate that over 20,000 walruses have hauled-out near Point Lay, Alaska. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem22645.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem22645.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer distances to find stable ice or to reach land, according to a new paper co-authored by a WWF expert. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21224.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21224.html Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF released rare video footage of three Sumatran tiger cubs playfully chasing leaves in the forests of the Bukit Tigapuluh landscape in Indonesia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20478.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20478.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has decided to withdraw permission to drill for oil in Africa’s oldest park, Virunga National Park. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20385.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20385.html Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST Dramatic new video footage of two critically endangered Javan rhinos and their calves was released by WWF and Indonesia’s National Park Authority http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19969.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19969.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST A new wildlife taskforce — the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) — will significantly boost efforts to crack down on wildlife crime in the region, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The coordinated body was created during a meeting between the eight South Asian countries last week in Bhutan to protect species across the region from poaching and illegal trade. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19477.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19477.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19243.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19243.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST Today, World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Vice President of Marine and Arctic Policy Bill Eichbaum issued the following statement in response to the Final Report released by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18416.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18416.html Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST Between 1999 and 2009, more than 1,200 new species of plants and vertebrates were discovered in the Amazon biome – a rate of one new species every three days – confirming the Amazon as one of the most diverse places on Earth, says a WWF report. High-resolution photographs of many of these new and unusual species, as well as video footage, is available for download. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17901.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17901.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Chinese and Russian officials have agreed to set up a first ever protected area for endangered Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, between Jilin province in China and neighboring Primorsky province in Russia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17731.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17731.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Until America fully transitions to clean energy sources, oil and gas development must be done safely with science-based decisions that are made in the context of the full suite of potential uses of ocean resources, including fishing and tourism, as well as the maintenance of overall ecosystem health, World Wildlife Fund President and CEO Carter Roberts said today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17543.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17543.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A new study co-authored by a World Wildlife Fund scientist documents waves of forest degradation advancing like ripples in a pond 75 miles across East Africa in just 14 years. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17495.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17495.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Wild populations of the iconic Mekong giant catfish will be driven to extinction if hydropower dams planned for the Mekong River go ahead, says a new report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17466.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17466.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund’s long campaign to protect Alaska’s Arctic seas and coastlines from oil and gas development won a major victory last night when a federal court put a hold on recent leases that would have opened up the Chukchi Sea to new drilling. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16470.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16470.html Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EST President Obama today announced that new exploratory drilling off the coast of Alaska that was set to begin as soon as July 1 has been put on hold until at least 2011. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16367.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16367.html Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 EST Two engineers with extensive experience in the oil industry said on Capitol Hill today that Shell Oil’s plans to begin drilling off the coast of Alaska in less than six weeks are fraught with risks that have not been adequately addressed by the company.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16230.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16230.html Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund today called on President Obama to create a high-level independent commission to examine all of the factors related to the gulf oil disaster.  Further, WWF urged the administration to halt all new drilling, including Shell’s planned drilling off the Alaska coast on July 1, until the commission is able to issue its findings and recommendations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16138.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16138.html Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 EST As thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, World Wildlife Fund officials today urged the Obama Administration to put a hold on exploratory drilling that is scheduled to begin in the Arctic on July 1 until the cause of the ongoing catastrophe has been identified and new safeguards have been put in place. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16096.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16096.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST A new study analyzing the destruction of Southeast Asia’s coral reefs by blast fishing finds that an ounce of prevention is indeed better than a pound of cure. The authors of the study in the journal Conservation Letters find that using marine patrols and enforcement to prevent blast fishing can be 70 times more cost-effective than rebuilding those reefs after the damage is done. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16103.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16103.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST The following statement was issued today by World Wildlife Fund’s Vice President for Arctic and Marine Policy William M. Eichbaum regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16024.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16024.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST A frog with no lungs, a “ninja” slug that fires love darts at its mate, and the world’s longest insect are among new species discovered in the past three years on the island of Borneo and featured in a World Wildlife Fund report released today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15846.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15846.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) praises Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar’s decision today to remove Bristol Bay from the Bush Administration’s five-year offshore oil-and-gas leasing plan.  WWF now calls for permanent protection of this environmentally and economically important place and for the Obama Administration to hold off approving any additional drilling in the already fragile American Arctic until adequate safeguards are in place. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15410.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15410.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST WWF announced its intent to actively engage in the independent assessment of skipjack tuna fisheries in part of the Coral Triangle following today’s declaration by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) to seek Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15288.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15288.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST As many Asian countries prepare to celebrate Year of the Tiger beginning February 14, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports that tigers are in crisis around the world, including here in the United States, where more tigers are kept in captivity than are alive in the wild throughout Asia. As few as 3,200 tigers exist in the wild in Asia where they are threatened by poaching, habitat loss, illegal trafficking and the conversion of forests for infrastructure and plantations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15018.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15018.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report released today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14801.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14801.html Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Camera traps set deep in the Indonesian jungle have captured first-time video footage of a rare female Sumatran tiger and her cubs, giving World Wildlife Fund (WWF) researchers unique insight into the elusive tiger’s behavior. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14391.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14391.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Three Amur leopards photographed during an anti-poaching operation in the Russian Far East offer a little Thanksgiving hope for the world’s rarest big cat, World Wildlife Fund said today. Only about 40 critically endangered Amur leopards exist in the wild, so the photograph of three healthy individuals around a kill is good news for the future of the sub-species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14174.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14174.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A unique conservation project World Wildlife Fund (WWF) started two years ago in partnership with the Nebraska-based Grassland Foundation has won Travel + Leisure’s 2009 Global Vision Award for Wildlife Tourism. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14096.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14096.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST WWF applauds today’s announcement of the proposed designation of key areas of polar bear habitat across Alaska by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The requirement for the identification of “critical habitat” was triggered by the listing of polar bears as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act in 2008. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13952.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13952.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST After a 70-year absence from Canada, black-footed ferrets will once again prowl the prairies, following today’s release of more than 30 captive-bred animals into Canada’s Grasslands National Park.   Leading the reintroduction were staff from a dozen different conservation organizations, governments and zoos, including species experts from WWF-US and WWF-Canada. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13954.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13954.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund has obtained dramatic high definition footage along the Arctic shorelines of Russia and Alaska showing the dramatic impact climate change is having on walruses.  Earlier today, an investigative team led by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued preliminary findings explaining the mass death of young walrus calves that is captured on the WWF footage.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13929.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13929.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST Leaders of the Congo Basin countries and conservation groups are pressing for more attention, funds and technical support to save the world’s second largest rainforest and benefit its population during a Congo Basin Forest Forum and Congressional Hearing today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13903.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13903.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST Leaders of Congo Basin countries, members of Congress and leading conservation organizations are gathering in Washington to recognize 10 years of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. At a Congressional hearing the future of the world’s second largest rainforest will be discussed, including how those forests can help solve the climate crisis and contribute to regional security, effective governance and sustainable development. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13802.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13802.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST A bird-eating fanged frog, a gecko that looks like it’s from another planet and a bird that would rather walk than fly are among the 163 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year that are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, says a new report launched by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ahead of UN climate talks in Bangkok. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13687.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13687.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST Ice coverage over the Arctic sea has likely reached its lowest level for 2009 – the third lowest amount of coverage on record – based on data collected by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. This year’s summer melt continues a trend of rapid sea ice decline over the past 30 years.  The average sea ice extent for August 2009 was 2.42 million square miles – about 540,000 square miles below the 1979 to 2000 average. That decline is larger than the states of Texas, California, Florida and Indiana combined. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13545.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13545.html Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST Warming in the Arctic will likely have far-reaching impacts throughout the world, resulting in a sharp increase in harmful greenhouse gases and significant shifts in global weather patterns that could disrupt the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13240.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13240.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST Over 350 new species including the world’s second smallest deer, a “flying frog” and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13170.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13170.html Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund stressed the need to renew tiger conservation efforts in response to the government of Nepal’s announcement of an estimated 121 breeding tigers in four protected areas in the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12600.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12600.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST WWF, along with the Fundación Carlos Slim and the Mexican Federal Government, today launched an initiative that aims to establish Mexico as a global model for conservation by protecting its rich natural heritage and promoting sustainable development within six priority regions that collectively represent 30 percent of the country. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12444.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12444.html Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EST Utah Resident Apa Sherpa unveiled a banner on the summit of Mount Everest today telling the world to take urgent action on climate change and save his native Himalayas. The banner containing the WWF message – "Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!" was unveiled as he summited Everest for a record 19th time. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12413.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12413.html Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EST A new, six-country Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI) was launched today at a Leaders’ Summit in Manado, NorthSulawesi; a series of new commitments by the six governments to an unprecedentedcooperative effort to safeguard the world’s richest marine resources and ensure the income,livelihoods and food security for millions who depend on these resources. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12414.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12414.html Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EST A massive logging operation planned by one of the world’s largest paper companies will destroy the forest home of 100 great apes that are part of the only successful reintroduction program for Sumatran orangutans, conservationists have learned. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12358.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12358.html Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EST Coral reefs could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, threatening the food supply and livelihoods for about 100 million people, according to a new study from World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12330.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12330.html Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 EST New figures released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today show that only 1 percent of the sustainable palm oil available on the market has been bought, raising concerns that one of the major solutions to halting deforestation of tropical forests is not catching on fast enough.  Rapid increases in the production of palm oil, which is found in everything from cosmetics to ice cream to chocolate bars, has caused extensive land clearing in places like Borneo and Sumatra, resulting in loss of habitat for endangered species like tigers and orangutans and contributing to climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12129.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem12129.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST Lack of law enforcement against illegal trade in Indonesia threatens the survival of orangutans and gibbons on Sumatra, a new study by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC shows. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/worldsrarestrhinos.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/worldsrarestrhinos.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11344.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11344.html Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST The number of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park has increased despite the war being waged in and around the area, according to the first count in 16 months.   http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11267.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11267.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officials today called on the incoming Obama Administration to use the Arctic policy directive issued Friday by President Bush as a starting point to revamp, reorient and strengthen US policy in the Arctic region, particularly in the areas of oil and gas development, governance and climate change.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11123.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11123.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST Potentially widespread and severe coral bleaching is predicted this winter, which could cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments including the Coral Triangle of SE Asia and the Western Pacific, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11027.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11027.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST A rat thought extinct for 11 million years and a hot-pink, cyanide-producing dragon millipede are among a thousand new species discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in the last decade, according to a new report launched by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11097.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11097.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST A report issued by the U.S. government today shows that rising temperatures in the Arctic could have disastrous impacts on the rest of the planet beyond what had previously been projected, reinforcing the urgency for a new global climate treaty, said officials with World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11048.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem11048.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST The first fuel-handling facility in the Galápagos Islands—a region of great biodiversity and evolutionary importance—was given official environmental certification today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced.  The facility underwent extreme renovations in order to meet certification standards, which are part of a 10-year plan developed by WWF and Toyota, in conjunction with the Ecuadorian Government, to transform high pollution energy systems currently in use in the Galápagos to more sustainable and renewable energy sources. It is one of only a few facilities in Latin America to hold this certification. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10876.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10876.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10355.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10355.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced that Roger Samba has been named the winner of the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. The annual award honors outstanding contributions to international conservation and carries with it a $200,000 prize. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9923.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9923.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) hailed today's commitment by the government of Indonesia to more than double the size of Sumatra's Tesso Nilo National Park, one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran elephants and critically endangered Sumatran tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9878.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9878.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water – with one at least 60 miles from shore – raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival. A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) polar bear expert said the bears could have difficulty making it safely to shore and risk drowning, particularly if a storm arises. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9645.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9645.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officials said today they have received confirmation that two people were killed and three injured in an attack on a WWF vehicle in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 7. A WWF staff member was among those injured. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9489.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9489.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed by the dramatic decline of at least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal, once a refuge that boasted among the highest densities of the endangered species in the Eastern Himalayas. The recent survey of April 2008 showed a population of between 6-14 tigers, down from 20-50 tigers in 2005. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9271.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9271.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST The largest debt-for-nature swap agreement in Madagascar’s history was signed today between the Government of Madagascar and the Government of France, allocating roughly $20 million (13 million Euros) to preserve Madagascar’s rich biodiversity, WWF announced today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9171.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9171.html Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Bonn, Germany, May 30, 2008 – Brazil's Environment Minister, Carlos Minc, has confirmed the imminent creation of four new protected areas, three of them in the Brazilian Amazon, totaling 2.3 million hectares. The announcement of the creation of these areas will be made on June 5th, World Environment Day. Minc announced this commitment yesterday at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany, where, together with Environmental Ministers of 60 countries, he also signed onto a WWF campaign of zero net deforestation by 2020. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9131.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9131.html Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The Democratic Republic of the Congo will establish 13 to 15 million hectares of new protected areas, the country announced yesterday at the UN Environmental Summit in Bonn, Germany. These proposed protected areas make up an area of rainforests roughly the size of Greece.  WWF applauds this commitment as a step towards creating an important and expansive network for the preservation of tropical rainforests. With this commitment, the Congolese government will reach its goal to protect 15 percent of the country. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9025.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9025.html Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST A $300 billion five-year Farm Bill that cleared Congress today contains much-welcomed environmental provisions, but also creates risk to native grasslands, leaves conservation programs under-funded and misses an opportunity to reform the government’s outdated farm subsidy system, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9005.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9005.html Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officials said today they have received confirmation that 12 American tourists in China, who had been out of contact since the massive earthquake struck the Wenchuan region on Monday, have been located and are reported to be safe.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9010.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9010.html Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Climate change is destroying vital polar bear habitat, putting the species at risk of extinction, the U.S. government said today as it listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s largest conservation organization, said the government’s decision clearly indicates that climate change impacts are already threatening the survivability of animals and habitats, and illustrates the urgency of preparing for and adapting to a rapidly changing climate.   http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8977.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8977.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The announcement by Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the creation of approximately 7,828,938.5 acres of new federal protected areas in the Amazon: the Jarí National Park, Iquiri National Forest, Middle Purus Extractive Reserve, and the expansion of the Balata-Tufari National Forest is a positive step but only one of many which will be needed to save the Amazon, according to WWF. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8301.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8301.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to the island of Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, suggests an article co-authored by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem7958.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem7958.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST On the eve of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit in Vientiane, Mr Nguyen Duc Hai, the Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee, has taken a bold and visionary stance for sustainable dam development in this Vietnam province. WWF, the global conservation organization, says this sends a timely and powerful signal to regional leaders as they seek to manage the pressing challenges of rapid infrastructure development and economic growth in a sustainable way. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6633.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6633.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Boston, Mass. – Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole nations, leading scientists said in the symposium “Last Best Chance for Tuna: Learning from the Cod Collapse” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston on February 18. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6629.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6629.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON – Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being openly sold in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5921.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5921.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Alaska Native and conservation groups voiced their opposition to Department of Interior’s (DOI) controversial Lease Sale 193, comprising nearly 30 million acres of pristine waters in the Chukchi Sea of Alaska. The Chukchi Sea is critical habitat for polar bears, walrus, whales, seals, and migratory birds and is experiencing some of the most rapid loss of sea ice in the world due to global warming. Minerals Management Service (MMS), an agency within the DOI, announced its intention to sell oil and gas leases in this critical part of the Arctic Ocean on January 2. Less than one week after that announcement, a different DOI agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced it would miss a legally required January 9 deadline for making its final decision on whether to list polar bears as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5918.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5918.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed that a decision to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect the species and its fragile Arctic environment has been plagued with delays while an oil lease sale of nearly 30 million acres of the prime polar bear habitat in the Chukchi Sea is scheduled for February 6 in Alaska. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5917.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5917.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.– Margaret Williams, WWF’s Director of the Bering Sea ecoregion program, called for urgent action to save polar bears at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing entitled “Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear” on Wednesday, January 30, 2008. The hearing was convened to examine the status of and legal protections for the polar bear, including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the status of listing the species under the act. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5914.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem5914.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.— As 17 countries and 30 organizations launch the International Year of the Reef today, three major environmental groups – World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International – call on governments, businesses, scientists, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world to vastly increase actions to protect coral reefs. The International Year of the Reef 2008, designated by the International Coral Reef Initiative, is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and to motivate action to protect them. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4908.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4908.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington - A new report released by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF finds that the lack of meat in refugee rations in East Africa is causing a flourishing illegal trade in wild meat, threatening wildlife populations and creating a food security issue for rural communities. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4907.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4907.html Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund mourns the loss of global explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mt. Everest but never forgot the people of the Himalayas who made his accomplishment possible. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4904.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4904.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON D.C. – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) expressed disappointment over the announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on January 7, 2008 that it will delay by up to one month a final decision on  whether to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4905.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4905.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.– An investigative report released today by World Wildlife Fund revealed that paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its affiliates are in the process of constructing a massive  highway for logging vehicles that threatens one of Indonesia’s most important forests. The highway, described by WWF in the report as being “legally questionable,” would cut an enormous swath  through one of Sumatra’s last remaining large forest blocks, home to two tribes of indigenous people and endangered elephants, tigers and orangutans. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4902.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem4902.html Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST The Minerals Management Service (MMS), an agency within the Department of Interior (DOI), issued its Final Notice of Intent for the Chukchi Lease Sale 193 opening approximately 29.7 million acres of the pristine Chukchi Sea to oil and gas activities on January 2. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3374.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3374.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia--Today the Russian Government created a new national park that is habitat for the endangered Siberian tiger in the country’s Far Eastern region after six years of research and negotiation by World Wildlife Fund. Roughly the size of Rhode Island, Anyuiskii National Park—1562.5 square miles--is the largest of three protected areas established by the Russian government in 2007. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3375.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3375.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON, D.C. – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) commends the Senate for including Senator Wyden and Senator Alexander’s “Combat Illegal Logging Act” language within the manager’s amendment to the Farm Bill, which passed by a vote of 79-14 on December 14.  The amendment makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, buy or transport illegally-sourced wood products, and enables U.S. enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal timber traffickers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3369.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3369.html Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.– The 5-year Farm Bill (HR 2419) passed by the Senate by a vote of 79-14 yielded mixed results for conservation said World Wildlife Fund. Although the bill does provide support for important conservation programs, the Senate failed to pass several progressive amendments that would have greatly reduced federal subsidy payments to the wealthiest commodity producers and transferred some of the subsequent savings to increased conservation spending. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3368.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3368.html Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Bali, Indonesia – A move by the U.S. government could push the Bali climate negotiations to the brink of failure, WWF officials warned tonight. The U.S. proposal would eliminate language that called upon developed nations to consider specific, internationally binding, quantified reduction commitments, replacing it with text that calls upon countries to adopt any measures they deem appropriate. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1883.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1883.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Bali, Indonesia – Officials with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said landmark climate change legislation sent to the floor of the US Senate by the Environment and Public Works Committee this week will help put the US on the path towards meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1882.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1882.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Bali, Indonesia – A vicious feedback loop of climate change and deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030, says a new report from WWF.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1880.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1880.html Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Bali, Indonesia– The past year has seen yet more weather records smashed as extreme weather events take a firmer hold of the planet, says WWF. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1325.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1325.html Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON--East Asian countries are importing between 50 and 90 percent more Russian Sockeye salmon thanRussia is reporting as caught and much of it is destined for theU.S. according to a new report from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1322.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1322.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington DC– The bluefin tuna population is close to collapse because of over-fishing, lack of comprehensive management, illegal fishing in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas, and insufficient measures taken by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), according to WWF and eight other conservation organizations. The organizations voiced their concerns in a letter sent to Dr. William T. Hogarth, Director of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service and the chairman of ICCAT today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1081.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1081.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON, October 16, 2007 -In the new fantasy adventure film "The Golden Compass," polar bears protect themselves with suits of armor. In the real world, threats to polar bears are not so easily abated. This majestic species is one of many in danger of extinction due to harsh changes in climate, which is why New Line Cinema has launched a unique partnership today with the World Wildlife Fund to help educate the public about the impact global warming is having on animals throughout the world. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1080.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1080.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST "The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is the premier international organization ensuring that forestry practices are environmentally, socially and economically responsible. Its decision to rescind the rights of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to use the FSC logo shows that it is a robust and credible system that is committed to the responsible management of the world's forests. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1078.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1078.html Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON DC –Members of the world’s leading environmental organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund, today hailed the leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for approving S. 1580, the Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act (CRCRA), and in particular including a new program with dedicated funding for international coral reef conservation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1008.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1008.html Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST PARIS – Today’s new agreement endorsed by nine African countries to better protect gorillas is a major conservation achievement, said World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6438.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6438.html Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST   http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1002.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1002.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON – World Wildlife Fund scientists said today that the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area in central Vietnam underscores the importance of conservation efforts in the ancient tropical forests of the region. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1001.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1001.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST Kathmandu -- World Wildlife Fund has awarded scholarships to four promising Nepalese conservation students in memory of the 24 people who perished in last year's Himalayan helicopter tragedy. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem999.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem999.html Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington - World Wildlife Fund officials today offered strong praise for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in approving S. 2020, a bill that reauthorizes the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem998.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem998.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST NAIROBI, KENYA and WASHINGTON DC – With international relief organizations estimating that more than 35,000 people have fled the heavily armed conflict near Sake in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week, the World Wildlife Fund warned that the habitats of several endangered species, including mountain gorillas, could be put at serious risk.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem995.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem995.html Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON --WWF welcomes the announcement this weekend by the Australian and Indonesian governments of the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. The Australian Government aims to contribute $30 million over four years to the partnership and encourages other government, private sector and non-government organizations to meet a target of $100 million to protect and rehabilitate large areas of forest across Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem996.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem996.html Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON— A new report on the fate of polar bears in a world of rapid climate change predicts disaster for one of the world's most charismatic species, World Wildlife Fund said today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem994.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem994.html Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - At yesterday's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, 21 world leaders endorsed a new proposal to safeguard the rich marine resources of the Indo-Pacific region for future generations. The Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security aims to bring together six governments in a multilateral partnership to conserve the extraordinary marine life in the region. The proposal was endorsed in the Sydney APEC Leaders' Declaration on Climate Change, Energy Security and Clean Development.  U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed this Initiative during the Summit. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem991.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem991.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON- Dr. Eric Dinerstein, Chief Scientist and Vice-President for Conservation Science at World Wildlife Fund testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans of the House Committee on Natural Resources today on three bills - H.R. 1464, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Conservation Act of 2007, H.R. 1913, the Great Cats Conservation Act of 2007, and H.R. 1771, the Crane Conservation Act of 2007. Modeled on the highly successful conservation programs for elephants, rhinos, tigers, great apes, sea turtles and neotropical migratory birds, the bills would establish conservation programs to protect some of the world's most endangered and iconic species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem989.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem989.html Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST BEIJING-- The reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, means there is still a chance for people to take further action and protect the cetaceans in the Yangtze from extinction, according to World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem981.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem981.html Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington, D.C. - A new WWF study tracking pygmy elephants by satellite shows that the remaining herds of these endangered elephants, which live only on the island of Borneo, are under threat from forest fragmentation and loss of habitat. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem982.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem982.html Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST Quito, Ecuador—Ecuador’s President Correa today appointed Eliecer Cruz, former director of the Galápagos, World Wildlife Fund, to governor of the Galápagos Islands. Born and raised in the Galápagos Islands, Cruz protected the unique life of the islands in his work with WWF since 2003 and for eight years prior as director of the Galápagos National Park. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem978.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem978.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its partners are taking swift action to protect critically endangered mountain gorillas after three females and one male silverback were discovered shot to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem977.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem977.html Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A WWF camera trap inside an Indonesian national park has captured photographs of a Sumatran tiger in the wild that appears to have escaped from a snare by cutting its paw off. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem976.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem976.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON  — A new study published today in the journal BioScience presents a first-ever natural classification system of the world’s coastal waters that will help improve priority setting and conservation planning for marine habitats. The report, titled "Marine Ecoregions of the World: a bioregionalization of coast and shelf areas" was written by lead authors Mark Spalding, senior marine scientist at The Nature Conservancy and Helen Fox, marine biologist at World Wildlife Fund, along with coauthors from 10 partner organizations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem967.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem967.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia—Adding the second national park for Siberian tigers in the span of one week, the Russian Government this past weekend established “Udege Legend” National Park for tiger conservation and the cultural preservation of an indigenous way of life. Now Russia’s protected a total of 419,000 acres of Siberian or Amur tiger habitat as national park. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem958.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem958.html Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST Kamchatka, Russia—Following today’s discussion of dynamiting or using heavy machines to remove landslide mud and debris from Kamchatka’s Valley of the Geysers at a special commission meeting in the capitol of Kamchatka, World Wildlife Fund states that natural transformation of the valley must take its course. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem955.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem955.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST BEIJING - The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) today pledged to lead its global beverage operations, including those of its franchise bottlers, to replace the water it uses in its beverages and their production. The Company will focus its actions in three core areas: 1) reducing the water used to produce its beverages, 2) recycling water used for beverage manufacturing processes, and 3) replenishing water in communities and nature. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem956.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem956.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST CHADRON, NE – The U.S. Forest Service today released its draft plan that may drastically increase the poisoning of prairie dog colonies this fall throughout the Buffalo Gap and Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota and the Oglala National Grassland in Nebraska. Widespread poisoning could kill tens of thousands of prairie dogs, which would jeopardize the continued recovery of the critically imperiled black-footed ferret, the most endangered mammal in North America. The plan would also harm other wildlife that depend on prairie dogs for food or prairie dog burrows for shelter, including rare species such as swift foxes, burrowing owls and ferruginous hawks. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem954.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem954.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST Kamchatka, Russia—One of only five places on Earth where a concentration of geysers punch holes through the Earth’s crust to spew boiling water and steam skyward disappeared under water within hours after a massive slide of boulders, gravel, snow and ice choked the Geyser River in the world-famous Valley of the Geysers in Kamchatka’s Kronotsky Nature Preserve, according to World Wildlife Fund. The four other places are in Yellowstone National Park, Chile, Iceland and New Zealand. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6242.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6242.html Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST Reducing pesticide runoff from the agricultural plantations in the Mesoamerican Reef watershed is critical to the conservation of its reef. The steep mountains of Honduras and the region's strong rains make agriculture a particularly serious threat to the reefs as large amounts of sediment and agrochemicals flow down to the sea. Pesticide runoff and increased sedimentation may cause reduction in the reproduction and viability of the corals along with affecting the health of local communities by contaminating marine species that are commonly consumed. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem941.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem941.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia—Following the April 18 announcement that only 25 to 34 of the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) remain in the wild, World Wildlife Fund says the number must now be revised because a female Amur leopard was killed. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem933.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem933.html Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST Kathmandu, Nepal – The world’s leading tiger experts and delegates from at least 12 countries are gathering in Nepal this week to discuss the future of the world’s endangered wild tigers at the International Tiger Symposium and Global Tiger Forum. WWF and TRAFFIC scientists, policy experts and wildlife trade authorities are available to provide updates and comment on the meetings. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem926.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem926.html Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans has passed two bills that provide funding for programs that protect endangered rhinos, tigers and elephants: http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem925.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem925.html Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - The Rio Grande is among the world's top ten rivers at risk, according to a report by the same name released today by World Wildlife Fund. The WWF report, World's Top 10 Rivers at Risk, names the world's rivers that are facing widespread degradation while millions of people depend on them for survival. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6243.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6243.html Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST Placencia, Belize — A WWF survey shows that rising temperatures, altered rainfall and coral bleaching are among the main threats to Central America's Mesoamerican Reef. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem922.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem922.html Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST MOSCOW - Responding to appeals from World Wildlife Fund and other conservationists, the Russian Government agreed to re-route part of the new East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline sparing the last remaining habitat of the Amur leopard, the world's most endangered cat. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem923.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem923.html Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON- Any easing of the current Chinese ban on trading products made from tigers is likely a death sentence for the endangered cats, according to a new TRAFFIC report released today by World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC-the wildlife trade monitoring program of WWF and IUCN. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem910.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem910.html Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST GALAPAGOS- Beginning January 21, visitors to the Galapagos Islands aboard Ecoventura's yachts can help protect its extraordinary plant, animal, and marine life through voluntary donations to the new Galapagos Marine Biodiversity Fund established in partnership with World Wildlife Fund. WWF will manage the fund which will support conservation projects related to marine conservation and education, and if needed, to respond to ecological emergencies such as oil spills. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem906.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem906.html Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Russian law enforcement officials today seized three Siberian tiger skins, eight tiger paws and 332 tiger bones as well as 531 saiga horns and 283 Asiatic black bear paws near the Russian border with China, making it the the largest bust of its kind in at least a decade. The seizure took place in a village near Russia's eastern border with China in an area where World Wildlife Fund (WWF) works with government authorities to combat the illegal trade of wildlife products when police stopped a car that had its passenger seats removed and was stuffed full of bags. The driver claimed to be delivering bags of potatoes but upon inspection police discovered the animal parts. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem903.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem903.html Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Coffee lovers the world over are unknowingly drinking coffee that was illegally grown inside one of the world's most important national parks for tigers, elephants and rhinos, according to an investigative report released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Illegally grown coffee from Indonesia is mixed with legally grown coffee beans and sold to such companies as Kraft Foods and Nestle among other major companies in the U.S. and abroad. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem902.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem902.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - WWF today applauded the leaders of the three nations on the island of Borneo - Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia - for officially endorsing an historic agreement to conserve the "Heart of Borneo," a mountainous region of rainforests about the size of Kansas that is home to pygmy elephants, rhinos and orangutans. The endorsement came in the "Leaders Statement" at the 3rd Summit of the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem901.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem901.html Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Bill Eichbaum, managing director and vice-president of the marine portfolio at World Wildlife Fund, issued the following statement following President Bush's lifting of a ban on oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay which has been protected since 1989 through the Presidential Withdrawal first declared by President George Herbert Bush. The U.S. government has spent $95 million to buy back the oil and gas leases it sold in Bristol Bay prior to the withdrawal. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem900.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem900.html Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON, December 28, 2006 - The following is a statement by World Wildlife Fund's vice president Bill Eichbaum on the release of information about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to propose listing the polar bear as "threatened": http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem899.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem899.html Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants this past year on the island of Borneo. The discoveries, described in a new WWF report, include 30 unique fish species, two tree frog species, 16 ginger species, three tree species and one large-leafed plant species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem898.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem898.html Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - An expedition on the Yangtze River has ended with no sightings of baiji dolphins and experts now fear the worst for the species. The expedition also counted Yangtze finless porpoises and scientists warn that the situation is dire for this species as well but remain hopeful that it can survive in the wild. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem895.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem895.html Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - President Bush is expected to remove protections within the next week for Bristol Bay, opening what many call America's "Fish Basket" to oil and gas drilling. Bristol Bay has been protected from offshore drilling since 1989 through the Presidential Withdrawal first declared by President George Herbert Bush in 1990. But the area is currently included in the Minerals Management Service's 5-year plan to develop the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas development. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem892.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem892.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, overhauled and refitted by World Wildlife Fund, began patrolling the waters of the Galapagos today as the first National Park Service vessel fast enough to outrun and catch poachers at sea. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem888.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem888.html Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A new report released today details how one of the world's largest pulp and paper companies has broken numerous promises to protect forests in Indonesia, and is clearing forests in violation of Indonesian regulations. Many of the paper products used in homes and offices in the U.S. are supplied or manufactured by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem884.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem884.html Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - The following statement is attributable to Carter S. Roberts, president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in response to the news today that a helicopter carrying several WWF staff members and high level government representatives was reported found in Nepal with no apparent survivors. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem883.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem883.html Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST "WWF was notified this morning that a helicopter traveling in Nepal with seven WWF staff on board has failed to arrive at its destination. The Shree Air helicopter had 20 passengers and four crew and was transporting passengers back from a conservation site at Ghunsa, in the far-east mountains of Nepal. In addition to the WWF staff members, passengers included government officials from Nepal and Finland along with representatives of organizations including USAID." http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem882.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem882.html Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - Nepal's Government today turned over conservation of the wildlife and habitats surrounding Kanchenjunga -- the world's third highest mountain -- to a coalition of local communities. World Wildlife Fund was instrumental in the decision and will work on its implementation for the next five years. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem881.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem881.html Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - At the Clinton Global Initiative in New York today, World Wildlife Fund affirmed its commitment to a program which conserves key portions of the Amazon, preventing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon from being released into the atmosphere. The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program - known as ARPA - is the largest tropical forest conservation effort in history. It aims to safeguard the extraordinary biological diversity of the Amazon, reduce its extremely high rates of deforestation, and conserve its environmental and ecological services that provide benefits to millions of people. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem880.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem880.html Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Almost 25 years to the day that the black-footed ferret was rediscovered, previously having been declared extinct, federal officials announced that they are considering changing rules to allow poisoning of prairie dog towns, even the ones ferrets rely upon for survival. Among the areas being considered for poisoning is the Conata Basin near Wall, South Dakota, home to the world's only successful wild population of ferrets. September 26 is the 25th anniversary of the rediscovery of the ferrets. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem879.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem879.html Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Jakarta, Indonesia/Washington - Scientists have found signs of four Javan rhinos born in recent weeks in Indonesia, a surprising baby boom for a species that may number fewer than 60 individuals in the wild. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem876.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem876.html Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST Brazilia, Brazil - Deforestation rates in the Amazon are declining, but ranching, logging and agriculture activities are still responsible for continued degradation of the world's largest rainforest, according to data released by the Brazilian government. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem867.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem867.html Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A new species of snake, with the ability to spontaneously change color, has been discovered in one of the most biologically diverse forests on earth, the "Heart of Borneo," a mountainous rainforest larger than Kansas. The ability to change colors is well-known in some reptiles such as the chameleon, but highly unusual and poorly understood in snakes. The, newly-named, "Kapuas-Mud-Snake" was discovered by a German researcher who described it with the collaboration of two American scientists. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem865.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem865.html Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - France and Cameroon signed the first ever Central African debt for nature swap today. This agreement will invest at least $25 million over the next five years to protect part of the world's second largest tropical forest, home to elephants, gorillas, hundreds of bird species and indigenous groups such as the Ba'Aka pygmies. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem862.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem862.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Tonight, on the SCI FI Channel, TODAY Show host Matt Lauer brings home some of the dramatic changes occurring in our natural world in Countdown to Doomsday. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem861.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem861.html Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - A motion-triggered camera trap set up in a remote jungle has captured the first-ever photo of a rhino in the wild on the island of Borneo, World Wildlife Fund and the Sabah Wildlife Department announced today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem860.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem860.html Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST On June 6, 2006 the Brazilian government announced the creation of new protected areas in the Amazon region totaling approximately 6.2 million acres. The Amazon is the world's largest river basin and the source of one-fifth of the earth's fresh water. It has the world's highest diversity of birds and freshwater fish, as well as the planet's largest rainforest which is home to more than one third of all species. However, the ecosystem is severely threatened by illegal logging, slash-and-burn agriculture and other human activities, and forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem859.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem859.html Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington -- After nearly 50 years, the okapi -- the closest known relative to the giraffe -- has been rediscovered in Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), World Wildlife Fund announced today. This is the first sign of okapi presence in Virunga National Park since August 1959 according to official records. The discovery happened during a recent survey led by WWF and its Congolese governmental partner ICCN (the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem858.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem858.html Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - Results released today by World Wildlife Fund of the first assessment done in two years in one of Nepal's premier national parks reveal an alarming decline in tiger and rhino populations, indicating widespread poaching. The area only became accessible for visits since the ceasefire between the Maoist insurgents and government troops a month ago. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem857.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem857.html Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON D.C. philanthropists Roger and Vicki Sant have named World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as beneficiary of a $20 million charitable remainder trust, the largest single gift the organization has ever received from an individual supporter. This gift was announced Tuesday, May 23 at a World Wildlife Fund dinner at the Residence of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem853.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem853.html Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Just in time for Mother's Day, five wild baby bison have been born on the plains of eastern Montana. The bison are part of a wild herd that live on a new prairie wildlife preserve and are the first bison to be born on this part of the Great Plains, the heart of their historic range, in 120 years. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem843.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem843.html Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST WWF researchers have discovered that ten endangered wild Sumatran elephants are being kept chained to trees without enough food or water in the Riau Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in violation of an agreement the government signed in 2004 known as the Riau Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Protocol. The elephants have been made homeless by the destruction of the forest they inhabited. Government authorities captured the elephants ten days ago after they raided crops and terrorized residents of a nearby village. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem844.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem844.html Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - World Wildlife Fund today praised a surprise decision by the government of the Malaysian state of Sabah to protect its most important remaining lowland forests on the island of Borneo. This decision will permanently preserve one of just two places in the world where the endangered orangutans, Bornean Pygmy elephants and the critically endangered Sumatran rhino co-exist and where forests are still large enough to maintain viable populations of each. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem840.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem840.html Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - World Wildlife Fund today released the results of a field survey from the island of Borneo which found that poaching has significantly reduced Borneo's population of Sumatran rhinos, but a small group continues to survive in the "Heart of Borneo," a region covered with vast tracts of rain forest. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem837.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem837.html Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - Following the apparent poisoning of a herd of endangered Sumatran elephants last week, the Indonesian Forest Protection and Nature Conservation Agency (PHKA) and World Wildlife Fund, announced plans to immediately begin implementing a protocol to reduce human-elephant conflict in central Sumatra. PHKA also called for an immediate stop to the clearing of all natural forests remaining in Riau Province, site of ongoing human-elephant conflict. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem836.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem836.html Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST The World Wildlife Fund was featured in an article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Feb. 23. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem831.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem831.html Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST Sabah Wildlife Department and World Wildife Fund-Malaysia (Asian Rhinoceros and Elephant Action Strategy - AREAS Project) with support from SARAYA Co. Ltd. (Japan) successfully located and treated an injured Borneo Pygmy elephant at Bukit Permata, Lower Kinabatangan on Jan. 24, 2006. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem827.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem827.html Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Fifteen students representing grades three through six at Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, on Dec. 13 joined Amazon experts from World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank, and the Brazilian government to discuss the theme of conservation and the Amazon. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem826.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem826.html Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Thanks to support from World Wildlife Fund activists, the U.S. Senate voted on Dec. 21, 2005, to strip a provision allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from an unrelated bill appropriating funding to the Defense Department. Republican Sens. Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), as well as Independent Jim Jeffords (Vt.), voted with the majority of Democratic senators to achieve this big win. Only four Democratic senators voted wrong: Mary Landrieu (La.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) Ben Nelson (Nebr.), and Daniel Akaka (Hawaii.). Efforts in Congress to open the refuge to drilling in 2005 appear to be over, but the issue may return in 2006. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem816.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem816.html Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST SANTIAGO, Chile - A recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands, decimating its famed population of black-necked swans, along with most other bird life, a WWF-led team of investigators said Monday. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem815.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem815.html Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST American Prairie Foundation (APF), a Montana-based private land trust, working in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund, today released 16 bison on a portion of 32,000 acres of prairie it owns and leases south of Malta, Montana. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem812.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem812.html Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington - The first ever comprehensive survey of Fiji's largely uncharted Great Sea Reef, the world's third longest barrier reef, has revealed a staggering array of life, including a new species of reef fish, World Wildlife Fund announced today.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem811.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem811.html Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST The Papua New Guinea government today announced it will gazette twelve protected areas requested by local communities covering some of the most biologically diverse forests, wetlands and reefs on the planet at an event held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem796.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem796.html Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - World Wildlife Fund today contributed U.S. $3.3 million dollars to secure long-term financial sustainability for the vast system of parks and sustainable use areas now being established in the Amazon by Brazil. Today's contribution by WWF will be matched by the Global Environment Facility, resulting in a total contribution of $6.6 million dollars. World Wildlife Fund also announced its intent to raise an additional $6.7 million dollars by June 2007 to further protect these vital areas in perpetuity. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem790.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem790.html Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington - In the past decade, at least 361 new species have been discovered on Borneo, one of the most important centers of biodiversity in the world. And a new report by World Wildlife Fund finds that there are likely to be thousands of plant and animal species left to discover on the world's third-largest island. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem787.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem787.html Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington, DC - The Peruvian Government today celebrates the creation of one of the largest combined indigenous reserves and protected areas in the world. Also, the government announces that a new commission will design a law to protect indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Peruvian Amazon territorial reserves. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem785.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem785.html Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST Valdivia, Chile - A history of deforestation and neglect comes officially to a close for a vast stretch of some of the most threatened and biologically rich temperate rainforest in the world. Today's inauguration of the new Valdivian Coastal Reserve, 147,500 acres of coastal temperate rainforest in southern Chile, marks a major advance in overcoming an era of clearcutting and forest conversion in the area, and makes way for new public access and cooperation for local community development. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem782.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem782.html Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST BRASILIA-One of the world's most ambitious conservation efforts has taken a major step forward with the declaration of two new major protected areas, comprising 9.4 million acres of rain forest, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem781.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem781.html Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington, DC - The Arctic and its wildlife are increasingly contaminated with chemicals and pollutants that were never produced or used in that region, warns World Wildlife Fund in a new report. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem779.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem779.html Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington, DC - An independent assessment of the impact of an oil and gas development in the Russian Far East on endangered gray whales must dictate the fate of current Shell operations, a proposed offshore platform and undersea pipeline, according to World Wildlife Fund. On the eve of the publication of the independent review, WWF is calling on Royal Dutch Shell and Japan's Mitsui and Mitsubishi to act immediately on any scientific findings concerning development activities in the sole feeding grounds of the critically endangered western gray whale. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem775.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem775.html Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington, DC - Despite extraordinary progress on conservation since the historic Yaoundé Summit in 1999, two thirds of the Congo Basin's forests remain at grave risk and could be lost within 50 years unless more is done to combat illegal logging, poaching, wildlife smuggling and the illicit bushmeat trade, World Wildlife Fund warned today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2004/WWFPresitem753.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2004/WWFPresitem753.html Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EST Bangkok - This year's meeting of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) has achieved significant results for conservation, with the adoption of better trade controls to protect African elephants, great white sharks and other threatened species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2004/WWFPresitem751.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2004/WWFPresitem751.html Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EST Bangkok - Members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species completed discussions on elephants and ivory trade Monday, rejecting proposals to reopen commercial ivory trade and adopting an action plan to crack down on unregulated domestic ivory markets across Africa. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/1996/WWFPresitem10437.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/1996/WWFPresitem10437.html Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00:00 EST A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that Arctic wildlife such as reindeer (known as caribou in North America), polar bears, ringed seals, and a host of plant species and migratory birds are all threatened by global warming and its effects -- earlier springs, loss of pack ice, and dwindling/shifting food supplies.