http://www.worldwildlife.org/ The latest headlines from WWF Thu, 24 April 2008 5:00pm EDT en-us http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8736.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8736.html Thu, 24 April 2008 5:00pm EDT Climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought, according to a new study by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8734.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8734.html Wed, 23 April 2008 5:00pm EDT A key congressional panel today passed a landmark bill, strongly backed by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), that would reinvigorate the health of U.S. coastal waters and bolster the sustainability of the oceans. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8733.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8733.html Tue, 22 April 2008 5:00pm EDT National and international plans to combat climate change must address the root causes of deforestation, which is responsible for nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) official said in testimony before the U.S. Senate today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8732.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8732.html Mon, 21 April 2008 5:00pm EDT World Wildlife Fund announced today that an estimated 36 million Americans took part in Earth Hour, a global event in support for action on climate change that took place March 29, 2008. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8731.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem8731.html Thu, 17 April 2008 5:00pm EDT WASHINGTON, DC: Criteria and indicators that will be used to create standards for responsible shrimp farming are under development for the shrimp industries in East Africa and Central America/Mexico. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=529 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=529 Thu, 17 April 2008 5:00pm EDT World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Fairmont Washington, D.C. will joined forces for the fifth consecutive year to help students at Francis Middle School students learn about plants and gardening in honor of Earth Day. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=528 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=528 Thu, 17 April 2008 1:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=526 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=526 Wed, 16 April 2008 12:00pm EDT Officials at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today expressed doubt that President Bush's Rose Garden speech this afternoon will offer any hope for meaningful action on climate change before the end of his term and called on his would-be successors to demonstrate leadership on the issue, specifically urging them to participate in a debate on climate change and other science and environmental issues. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=525 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=525 Wed, 16 April 2008 9:00am EDT Pervasive and hugely profitable illegal fishing for Atlantic cod and walleye pollock in the Arctic threatens the health of globally important fisheries and their resilience to climate change, says a new WWF report Illegal Fishing in Arctic Waters. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=524 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=524 Tue, 15 April 2008 5:00pm EDT Nominations are due by April 30th for the Technical Working Groups (TWG) that will draft criteria, indicators and measurable standards for certifying sustainable pangasius farming. Recommendations from the TWGs will be presented to the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue - a diverse group of pangasius farming stakeholders - for final consideration by the end of this year. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=522 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=522 Fri, 11 April 2008 2:00pm EDT World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was one of four organizations awarded National Geographic Channel's 'Preserve Our Planet' Award for Excellence at an event held April 8 at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, DC. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=520 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=520 Thu, 10 April 2008 5:00pm EDT Procter & Gamble and Domtar Corporation have joined the North America Forest & Trade Network (NAFTN), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced today. NAFTN is the North American arm of the Global Forest & Trade Network, WWF's initiative to eliminate illegal logging and improve the management of valuable and threatened forests. By facilitating trade links between companies committed to supporting responsible forestry, the Global Forest & Trade Network creates market conditions that help conserve the world's forests while providing economic and social benefits for the businesses and people that depend on them. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=521 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=521 Wed, 9 April 2008 12:00pm EDT Today's announcement by the Department of the Interior inviting offshore oil and gas drilling at the heart of Alaska's Bering Sea fishery could undermine commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries throughout the region, warned World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The action also puts marine mammal and migratory bird habitat at unacceptable risk. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=519 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=519 WEd, 2 April 2008 5:00pm EDT Plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles offer a promising pathway to a sustainable transport future that reduces risks of climate catastrophe and possible conflict over dwindling oil resources, a new WWF analysis has found. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=517 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=517 Fri, 28 March 2008 2:30pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=516 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=516 Wed, 26 March 2008 8:30pm EDT With less than a week to go, participation in Earth Hour (www.earthhour.org) has grown dramatically as nearly 200 cities, including 35 in the U.S., join millions of individuals and businesses around the world in turning off their lights on Saturday, March 29th from 8 - 9 pm local time in a dramatic symbolic gesture in support for action on climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=515 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=515 Tue, 25 March 2008 5:00pm EDT With Earth Day (April 22) less than a month away, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is offering some simple actions you can do to show you care about the future of the planet. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=510 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=510 Fri, 14 March 2008 4:30pm EDT After bringing Africa's black rhinos back from the brink of extinction one of the most successful conservation programs celebrates its first decade by seeking to extend its operations to more of Africa. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=509 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=509 Tue, 11 March 2008 5:00pm EDT World Wildlife Fund today named HP as the official US technology partner for Earth Hour, the global climate change event taking place Saturday, March 29 at 8 pm local time in cities around the world. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=508 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=508 Tue, 11 March 2008 12:00pm EDT The Gold Standard for carbon offsets in the energy sector has come out on top after research which, for the first time, rates voluntary offset standards according to clear quality criteria. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=507 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=507 Wed, 27 February 2008 5:00pm EDT Four-time winner of the gruelling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Martin Buser, is teaming up with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to be a Climate Witness for a journey across 1,150 miles of the Arctic. Buser will observe and share the changes that he sees during the famous route, inviting others along the trail to share their experiences and thoughts on climate change with him. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=506 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=506 Tue, 26 February 2008 7:00pm EDT Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF and partners has found. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=505 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=505 Fri, 22 February 2008 1:00pm EDT Global Conservation Organization Recognized for Putting Energy-Saving Theory into Practice by Leading IT Management Publication http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=504 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=504 Thu, 21 February 2008 1:00pm EDT Atlanta, Phoenix, San Francisco and cities around the world turn off their lights Saturday, March 29 at 8pm to signal need for unified international action http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=503 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=503 Tue, 19 February 2008 1:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=502 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=502 Tue, 19 February 2008 1:00pm EDT Climate Camp is a week-long program where conservationists, policymakers and resource managers from Papua New Guinea to Northern California learn how to develop programs that help wildlife, habitats and communities prepare for the consequences of global climate change. Climate scientists from around the world will explain the impacts of climate change and help them design programs to help places like the Congo, Amazon and Rockies prepare for a changing climate. They present these programs to their peers and funders and if the last climate camp is any guide, most will successfully implement projects when they return home. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=501 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=501 Wed, 19 February 2008 10:00am EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=500 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=500 Fri 15 February 2008 5:00pm EDT A business group including leading companies such as HP, Sony, Nokia and Nike today released the Tokyo Declaration, a joint call to tackle the urgent issue of climate change. Signing the declaration at the Climate Savers Summit 2008 held by WWF and Sony in Tokyo, a dozen business leaders highlighted that the world's greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by more than 50 percent by 2050. They added that emissions must peak and start to decline within the next 10 to 15 years in order to keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of 2 degrees Celsius. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=498 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=498 Wed, 13 February 2008 5:00pm EDT HP has joined the WWF Climate Savers program, a group of leading corporations from around the world that are working with World Wildlife Fund to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, WWF and HP announced today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=497 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=497 Wed, 6 February 2008 10:00am EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=493 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=493 Wed, 30 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=492 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=492 Mon, 28 January 2008 5:00pm EDT The head of the climate change program at World Wildlife Fund, the world's largest environmental organization, today issued the following statement: 'President Bush, in his final State of the Union address tonight, still has an opportunity to propose initiatives that are appropriate to the scale of the challenge of climate change,' says Richard Moss, Vice President and Managing Director for Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund.' http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=491 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=491 Thu, 24 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=490 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=490 Mon, 22 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=489 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=489 Mon, 11 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=488 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=488 Mon, 7 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 'Legally Questionable' Road Threatens Forest Haven for Indigenous People and Endangered Tigers and Orangutans. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=487 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=487 Mon, 7 January 2008 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=486 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=486 Thu, 3 January 2008 1:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=484 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=484 Thu, 20 December 2007 5:00pm EDT Just in time for college football bowl season, the University of Missouri, Auburn University and Clemson University have squared off in another battle: to stop tiger farming and the illegal trade in tiger parts. The three major universities---all with famous tiger mascots---have joined forces with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and initiated a friendly competition to see which school and its alumni can raise the most money to aid real-world tigers around the globe. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=483 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=483 Thu, 20 December 2007 5:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=482 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=482 Wed, 19 December 2007 11:00am EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=476 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=476 Tue, 18 December 2007 4:30pm EDT WWF today announced the official launch of Earth Hour, a global initiative in which cities and communities will turn out their lights to symbolize their leadership and commitment to finding solutions for climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=480 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=480 Tue, 18 December 2007 1:30pm EDT Less than twenty-one percent of the earth's terrestrial surface still contains all of the large mammals that used to occur there 500 years ago, according to a new study just released in this month's Journal of Mammalogy. Authored by a team of scientists from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Princeton University, the study is the first of its kind to offer an ecologically based measurement of human impacts on biodiversity based on the absence of native, large mammals. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=479 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=479 Mon, 17 December 2007 4:00pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=478 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=478 Mon, 17 December 2007 12:30pm EDT Political leaders meeting in Bali for the UN's Climate Change Summit hammered out a deal which launches formal negotiations with a 2009 end date, but the deal falls short in its ambition, says World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=475 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=475 Thu, 13 December 2007 4:30pm EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=474 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=474 Tue, 11 December 2007 1:40pm EDT The penguin population of Antarctica is under pressure from global warming, says WWF's latest briefing. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=473 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=473 Tue, 11 December 2007 1:40pm EDT Nissan North America (NNA) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced the winners of the 2007 Nissan-WWF University Campus Environmental Grants. Three college students were awarded grants to continue their environmental advocacy work and implement meaningful sustainability and conservation projects on their respective campuses. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=472 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=472 Tue, 11 December 2007 1:40pm EDT NA 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=471 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=471 Tue, 4 December 2007 11:30am EDT Nissan North America (NNA) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently announced the winners of the 2007 Nissan-WWF University Campus Environmental Grants. Three college students were awarded grants to continue their environmental advocacy work and implement meaningful sustainability and conservation projects on their respective campuses. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=470 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=470 Tue, 4 December 2007 11:30am EDT Opening Statement at UNFCCC Climate Change Summit, Bali, Indonesia 3-14 Dec 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=468 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=468 Wed, 28 November 2007 5:00pm EDT With the start of the 2007 ski season, it's never been clearer that the sport I love is at risk. Global warming has made skiing conditions progressively worse - the seasons are getting shorter and there seems to be less snow on the slopes. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=467 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=467 Mon, 19 November 2007 5:00pm EDT Want to make your Thanksgiving a little more environmentally-friendly? World Wildlife Fund offers some easy steps to make your celebration more sustainable. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=466 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=466 Mon, 19 November 2007 11:30am EDT The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and World Wildlife Fund are teaming up to make a child's day brighter this holiday season. People who donate through WWF's symbolic animal adoption program can choose to give their adoption premium package to a needy child in the United States through the Toys for Tots program. As part of the adoption package, kids not only receive an adorable animal plush to cuddle, but also a fact card with information about conservation and the animal species adopted. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=465 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=465 Fri, 16 November 2007 5:00pm EDT A new tool from WWF allows people around the world to document first-hand the impacts of climate change on their communities and livelihoods, from melting glacial lakes in the Himalayas threatening to flood Sherpa villages to rising sea levels in the Pacific putting fishermen out of business. Through the Climate Witness Program, WWF collects testimony from citizens in vulnerable areas, verifies it with leading climate scientists and then shares it with the world. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=464 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=464 Thu, 15 November 2007 10:00am EDT A team of Rhode Island inventors today will be awarded the grand prize in the International Smart Gear Competition for a fishing gear innovation that could save thousands of fish and other sea creatures from dying accidentally in fishing nets each year, World Wildlife Fund and its partners announced. The winners will be officially announced in Seattle today at the Pacific Marine Expo. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=463 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=463 Wed, 14 November 2007 9:00am EDT World Wildlife Fund announced today that internationally-recognized climate expert Richard Moss has been named WWF's vice president and managing director for Climate Change for the United States. In that role, Moss will be at the forefront of WWF's efforts to secure a strong global climate agreement that includes steep emissions reduction targets, addresses forest carbon policy and protects the world's key eco-regions from the effects of global warming. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=462 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=462 Tue, 13 November 2007 15:30 EDT East Asian countries are importing between 50 and 90 percent more Russian Sockeye salmon than Russia is reporting as caught and much of it is destined for the U.S. according to a new report from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=461 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=461 Mon, 12 November 2007 12:00 EDT Salmon producers, retailers, scientists, environmental groups and others from throughout the world will meet in Chile in December to review new reports about two of the main impacts of salmon aquaculture production: chemical inputs and nutrient loading/carrying capacity. Information in the reports will then be used to guide discussions about developing jointly acceptable global standards for salmon aquaculture. A discussion about the socioeconomic costs and benefits of salmon aquaculture globally and in Chile also will be on the agenda. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=460 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=460 Mon, 12 November 2007 12:00 EDT World Wildlife Fund's Travel Program today announced its 2008 tour schedule, adding new snorkeling trips, more family destinations and revised itineraries for its most popular tours. The lineup reflects feedback from past WWF travelers, adding destinations they've said they want to visit. In response to several tours selling out, the program is now adding additional departures to India, Alaska, Kenya and Tanzania. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=459 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=459 Wed, 7 November 2007 12:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=454 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=454 Thu, 1 November 2007 17:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=453 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=453 Thu, 1 November 2007 17:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=452 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=452 Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 EDT "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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=450 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=450 Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 EDT An intricately carved Royal Bengal Tiger by Gail H. of Vienna, West Virginia, won the WWF and HP online photo contest "Going Wild with Pumpkins". Gail used a special stencil from among 10 wildlife-themed designs aimed at raising awareness of wildlife and environmental issues, and won an HP Photosmart photo printer and digital camera. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=449 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=449 Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=448 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=448 Fri, 26 October 2007 16:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=447 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=447 Fri, 26 October 2007 16:00 EDT The process for certifying mollusc aquaculture products - which make up one-quarter of the world's aquaculture production - was set in motion this month as producers, buyers, scientists and others interested in molluscs met in Oregon to discuss standards for an eco-label for oysters, clams, mussels and scallops. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=446 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=446 Tue, 16 October 2007 11:00 EDT World Wildlife Fund announced today that it has named Dr. K. Ullas Karanth as the winner of the 2007 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. The annual award honors outstanding contributions to international conservation and carries with it a $200,000 prize. Karanth, a scientist with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), is the first tiger expert to win the award. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=445 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=445 Fri, 12 October 2007 12:00 EDT The CEO of World Wildlife Fund, the world's largest environmental organization, said today that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recognizes that climate change is one of the great destabilizing forces of our era and a root cause of some of the world's most violent conflicts. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=444 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=444 Tue, 9 October 2007 12:00 EDT During the inaugural meeting of the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue, more than 70 producers, buyers, government officials and others from around the world agreed that there is an urgent need and willingness to certify pangasius aquaculture products. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=443 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=444 Wed, 3 October 2007 12:00 EDT What do Scarlett Johansson, Orlando Bloom and Rachael Ray have in common? They've joined together with 13 other hot celebrities to support an online auction for World Wildlife Fund. Each has signed a WWF "Hotter than I Should Be" t-shirt to be auctioned off on eBay starting today with funds going to support WWF's global climate change and other conservation initiatives. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=442 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=442 Tue, 2 October 2007 18:30 EDT Pumpkins may still be orange, but Halloween is turning green, according to HP and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), who today announced the "Going Wild with Pumpkins" online photo contest. The contest, aimed at raising awareness of wildlife and environmental issues, offers fun pumpkin-carving activities for families to enjoy together. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/congo/updates/conservationistsmournloss.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/congo/updates/conservationistsmournloss.cfm Fri, 28 September 2007 17:30 EDT Rangers in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested two men in possession of a dead juvenile mountain gorilla. The arrests were made after an undercover investigation into a ring of suspected gorilla traffickers by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN). http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=439 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=439 Tue, 25 September 2007 10:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=438 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=438 Mon, 24 September 2007 14:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=435 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=435 Fri, 14 September 2007 17:00 EDT The unique issues related to tilapia farming in Asia will be addressed in standards for certifying tilapia aquaculture products, which are under revision in response to feedback about fish farming in Asia received at the first Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue meeting in that country. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=436 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=436 Thu, 13 September 2007 13:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=434 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=434 Wed, 12 September 2007 16:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=437 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=437 Tue, 11 September 2007 13:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=433 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=433 Tue, 11 September 2007 14:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=432 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=432 Mon, 10 September 2007 15:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=430 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=430 Thu, 6 September 2007 16:00 EDT The world's first certified sustainable tuna fishery was announced today, a move that could help save one of the world's most valuable fish - and the fishing industry that relies on it - from extinction. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/congo/updates/gorillasindanger.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/congo/updates/gorillasindanger.cfm Thu, 6 September 2007 14:00 EDT Three patrol posts in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo were abandoned on Monday following attacks by rebel forces loyal to Laurent Nkunda. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=429 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=429 Thu, 6 September 2007 10:30 EDT New Guide Showcases More than 100 Opportunities for Individuals, Organizations and Communities to Act http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=428 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=428 Fri, 5 September 2007 11:30 EDT World Wildlife Fund and the Allianz Foundation for North America today announced a new opportunity for high school students displaced by Katrina and now residing in nine U.S. cities to assess the climate change vulnerability of the Southeastern United States. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=427 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=427 Fri, 31 August 2007 12:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=426 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=426 Mon, 27 August 2007 16:00 EDT A Bangkok luxury store owner was convicted today for breaching Thailand's wildlife protection law. The store owner, Mr Reyaz Ahmad Mir, an Indian national from Kashmir, pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing and selling "shahtoosh" shawls made from the wool derived from poaching highly endangered Tibetan Antelopes (Pantholops hodgsonii). http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=425 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=425 Mon, 27 August 2007 14:00 EDT Mollusc producers and buyers, as well as other stakeholders, from throughout the United States and Canada will meet in Oregon October 12th to discuss standards for the certification of mollusc aquaculture products, which make up one-quarter of the world's aquaculture production. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=424 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=424 Wed, 20 August 2007 10:00 EDT Pangasius producers and buyers, as well as other stakeholders, from throughout the world will meet in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam September 26-27 to begin developing standards for certifying Pangasius aquaculture products - one of the fastest growing types of aquaculture. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=423 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=423 Wed, 17 August 2007 15:00 EDT The most adorable standoff in history has begun. World Wildlife Fund today announced a contest to find the World's Cutest Animal and is asking people worldwide to pick their choice. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=420 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=420 Wed, 8 August 2007 18:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=419 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=419 Wed, 8 August 2007 15:00 EDT Ecuador's President Correa today appointed Eliecer Cruz, former director of the Galapagos, World Wildlife Fund, to governor of the Galapagos Islands. Born and raised in the Galapagos 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 Galapagos National Park. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=418 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=418 Thu, 2 August 2007 15:00 EDT As you make your Back to School list, you might want to check it twice, according to World Wildlife Fund who offers ten important tips on how you can make a positive impact on the environment by making sure the school supplies that make it into your backpack are good for the Earth. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=417 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=417 Wed, 1 August 2007 11:30 EDT The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has approved the re-authorization for an additional five years of conservation programs for African elephants, Asian elephants, rhinos and tigers. The Senate Committee adopted H.R. 465 and H.R. 50, which were passed by the House of Representatives on July 23. There were no amendments and the two bills are expected to be adopted by the Senate by unanimous consent and then head to the President's desk for signature. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=416 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=416 Thu, 26 July 2007 17:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=415 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=415 Thu, 5 July 2007 11:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=414 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=414 Mon, 2 July 2007 23:00 EDT Tam Ky, Quang Nam, Vietnam - A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI) has discovered the world's largest known population of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix cinerea), increasing chances that the Endangered monkey can be saved from extinction. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=413 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=413 Mon, 2 July 2007 23:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=412 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=412 Thu, 28 June 2007 12:00 EDT Carter Roberts, president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund, issued the following statement in reaction to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's announcement that the bald eagle will be taken off the list of protected species under the Endangered Species Act. Scientists attribute the bird's recovery to a 1972 ban in the United States on DDT, a pesticide that ruins the eggs of many birds, and strict protections under the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=411 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=411 Thu, 28 June 2007 12:00 EDT World Wildlife Fund today announced its opposition to a plan by Planktos, Inc. (OTCBB: PLKT) to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to induce phytoplankton blooms in the hopes that the microscopic marine plants will absorb carbon dioxide. The company is speculating on lucrative ways to combat climate change. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=410 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=410 Thu, 28 June 2007 12:00 EDT Thu, 28 June 2007 12:00 EDT Carter Roberts, president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund, issued the following statement in reaction to today's 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the Endangered Species Act (ESA). WWF joined other environmental groups as an amicus in the case. In a previous ruling, the court had given the ESA "first priority" over all other federal action. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=409 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=409 Tue, 26 June 2007 10:00 EDT The 14th CITES Conference ended today with TRAFFIC and WWF applauding some sound conservation decisions, but ruing other missed opportunities. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=408 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=408 Tue, 19 June 2007 17:30 EDT A new WWF study released today finds that the production of farmed salmon in Chile's unique Patagonian lakes has doubled in the last decade, contaminating them with nutrient pollution, invasive species, disease, and harmful chemicals. The study urges the Chilean industry to move salmon smolt production out of freshwater ecosystems to closed-containment recirculation systems on land. This move would reduce environmental pressures and increase Chile's competitiveness in the global salmon trade. The majority of salmon consumed in the U.S. is farmed, and the bulk of it comes from Chile. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=406 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=406 Wed, 13 June 2007 12:00 EDT Raising captive tigers for trade in tiger parts was rejected by CITES member countries today and China was urged to phase out its large-scale commercial tiger farms, a major victory for wild tiger conservation, according to World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=405 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=405 Tue, 12 June 2007 12:00 EDT Intel Corporation and Google joined with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, World Wildlife Fund, and more than a dozen additional organizations today announcing their intent to form the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. The goal of the new broadbased environmental effort is to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting aggressive new targets for energy-efficient computers and components, and promoting the adoption of energy-efficient computers and power management tools worldwide. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=404 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=404 Mon, 11 June 2007 12:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=403 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=403 Mon, 11 June 2007 12:00 EDT Today trade restrictions were approved for sawfish-large rays related to sharks, with distinctive toothed snouts that are found off the East Coast of the United States and other places-according to World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=407 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=407 Sun, 10 June 2007 12:00 EDT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the federal body charged with managing fisheries in the Bering Sea and North Pacific, has voted unanimously to designate 115,000 square miles of northern Bering Sea marine habitat as 'essential fish habitat.' The designation will prohibit bottom trawling in Arctic waters until scientists and the fishing industry can prove that bottom trawling will have no negative impacts on marine life or coastal communities. Bottom trawling is a fishing practice which involves towing trawl nets along the sea floor, disturbing sensitive seafloor habitat and indiscriminately capturing marine organisms. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=401 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=401 Fri, 8 June 2007 12:00 EDT Two shark species highly prized for their meat and fins have not gained trade protection under CITES, the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, say World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=398 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=398 Thu, 7 June 2007 12:00 EDT At about 8 pm local time on June 7, water reached the top of the dam which formed on the Geyser River in Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site, after a massive landslide on June 3. Water went over the top ofers, part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site, after a massive landslide on June 3. Water went over the top of the dam, immediately taking over a meter of mud and debris off the top, and the level of the newly formed lake dropped by over 16 feet. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=399 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=399 Thu, 7 June 2007 12:30 EDT A two-storey-high photo mosaic of a tiger, created from personal photos of nearly 25,000 tiger lovers worldwide, was unveiled in The Netherlands today to urge world leaders to end all trade in tigers. Individuals from more than 140 countries contributed their pictures to it. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=397 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=397 Wed, 6 June 2007 15:30 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=396 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=396 Wed, 6 June 2007 15:30 EDT An increase in the volume of rhino horn entering illegal trade from Africa since 2000 could be placing some rhino populations at serious risk, according to new research from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and IUCN. http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/him/updates/rhinocensus.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/him/updates/rhinocensus.cfm Tue, 5 June 2007 15:30 EDT Only 31 rhinoceros were counted during a 10-day survey, from May 17-27, 2007 conducted in Bardia National Park, according to the national authority, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Nepal. The previous rhino census, carried out in 2000 in this park found a total of 67 rhinos - 37 in the Geruwa River floodplain, and 30 in the Babai River floodplain. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=395 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=395 Tue, 5 June 2007 00:00 EDT In the cover story of this month's BioScience journal, leading tiger experts warn that if tigers are to survive, governments must stop all trade in tiger products from wild and captive-bred sources, as well as ramp up efforts to conserve the species and their habitats. The paper, 'The Fate of Wild Tigers,' describes the wild tiger's population decline as 'catastrophic' and urges international cooperation to ensure the animal's continued existence in the wild. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=393 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=393 Tue, 5 June 2007 00:00 EDT 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 ter used for beverage manufacturing processes, and 3) replenishing water in communities and nature. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=392 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=392 Fri, 1 June 2007 10:00 EDT The 59th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) ended today with political wrangling and self-interest preventing significant developments for whale conservation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/updates/hsbc.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/updates/hsbc.cfm Wed, 31 May 2007 10:00 EDT As part of the newly-created HSBC Climate Partnership announced on May 30, 2007, WWF will receive $35 million to help protect four of the world's major rivers from the impacts of climate change. WWF is part of a five-year, $100 million partnership created in response to the urgent threat of global climate change. The Climate Partnership comprises WWF, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and HSBC itself. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=391 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=391 Wed, 31 May 2007 03:00 EDT Late in the evening, at the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission meeting, governments expressed concern over potential threats oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay may have to the eastern North Pacific right whale, the most endangered whale population in the world. A planned lease sale area in Bristol Bay overlaps with critical habitat designated for the whale. Fifteen other cetacean species that occur in Bristol Bay including the endangered bowhead, blue, fin, sei, humpback and sperm whales could also be affected. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=390 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=390 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:00 EDT Despite the enormous potential of energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the planet from dangerous climate change, too many of the existing efficiency policies and measures in the G8 industrialized countries, including the United States, are ineffective according to a new WWF report, Making Energy Efficiency Happen: From Potential To Realization. The report outlines what each of the G8 plus 5 countries can do to save energy and the climate while promoting their energy security with sustainable economic growth. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=389 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=389 Wed, 30 May 2007 10:30 EDT Ahead of the world's major international meeting on wildlife trade, World Wildlife Fund releases its top ten list of species needing global action now to reduce threats from trade. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=388 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=388 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:00 EDT At the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, WWF released a new report detailing the potential threats oil and gas drilling in Bristol Bay would have to the eastern North Pacific right whale, the most endangered whale population in the world. http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/updates/hpclimatechange.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/updates/hpclimatechange.cfm Tue, 23 May 2007 13:00 EDT WWF and HP Partner to Address Climate Change http://www.worldwildlife.org/cameratrap/trap9.cfm http://www.worldwildlife.org/cameratrap/trap9.cfm Tue, 22 May 2007 10:00 EDT On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, WWF is collaborating with the Riau Forestry Department, using camera traps to help conduct presence/absence surveys that will provide a range map for tigers in Sumatra's lowland rainforest. http://www.wwfblogs.org/polarbears/2007/05/arrival-in-north-as-i-look-out-plane.html http://www.wwfblogs.org/polarbears/2007/05/arrival-in-north-as-i-look-out-plane.html Mon, 22 May 2007 10:00 EDT Margaret Williams, leader for WWF's Bering Sea & Kamchatka ecoregion, traveled to Chukotka, the northeastern most corner of Siberia on an expedition in April 2007. With several Russian and American colleagues, Margaret and her team traveled over 700 miles across the roadless, snow-covered Chukotka Peninsula to reach the small village of Vankarem, north of the Arctic Circle on the Chukchi Sea. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=387 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=387 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:30 EDT Whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) released in advance of the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage, Alaska, May 28-31. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=386 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=386 Mon, 21 May 2007 09:45 EDT World Wildlife Fund today introduced a bold consumer campaign created to aid in the world's fight against global warming. A series of public service announcements will air this month dramatically demonstrating how unchecked climate change will affect average lives. The new public service announcements show a young boy playing baseball elbow deep in water and a couple being married amid a torrential hurricane. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=384 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=384 Tue, 15 May 2007 23:00 EDT One of the world's largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia's Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists from World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, the Cambodian Fisheries Administration, and the Cambodian Turtle Conservation Team captured and released a 24.2 pound female Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) during a survey in March. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=383 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=383 Tue, 15 May 2007 10:00 EDT President Bush today issued a statement supporting U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a clear sign to the new 110th Senate to act quickly to join the treaty which governs use of the world's oceans. Senate approval is the final step for the U.S. to formally join more than 140 nations that have already ratified or accessed to the Convention. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=382 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=382 Tue, 15 May 2007 10:00 EDT Sustainable energy and technology can curb climate change and meet projected growth in demand for energy but only if key decisions are made within the next five years, according to a new WWF report. Climate Solutions: WWF's vision for 2050 concludes that sustainable technologies can meet global projected energy demand while avoiding the most dangerous impacts of climate change. But it warns that the governmental policies needed to propel this transition are not now in place, or even in prospect in most cases. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=381 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=381 Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00 EDT Asian-run organized crime syndicates based in Africa are behind the increase in illegal trade in elephant ivory, according to a study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and IUCN - The World Conservation Union. The report is based on an analysis of almost 12,400 ivory seizure cases from 82 countries recorded since 1989 in the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) - the world's largest database of elephant product seizure records. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=380 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=380 Fri, 4 May 2007 18:00 EDT The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today released a report that outlines options for addressing global warming. According to the report, global warming can be stopped for 0.1 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product per year. Emissions would have to begin to decline before 2015 and 50 to 85 percent of CO2 emissions would have to be cut by the middle of this century, according to the Summary for Policy Makers released today. Doing nothing will cost up to 20 times more and bring about suffering and hardship, according to the most recent science. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=379 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=379 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:00 EDT WWF has captured the first-ever "camera trap" footage of a species that just a few people have ever seen. WWF and Malaysia's Sabah Wildlife Department released footage of a Borneo Rhino which shows it eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment. The first still photo of a Borneo rhino was captured only last year. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=378 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=378 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:00 EDT 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/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=376 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=376 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:00 EDT After a decade of conservation efforts, the mountain gorillas in Eastern Africa are showing a slow but steady comeback, according to WWF, the global conservation organization. http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=374 http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=374 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:00 EDT World Wildlife Fund today named a native Peruvian who specializes on the Amazon rainforest and a marine researcher as its 2007 Fuller Fellows. Dr. Gabriela Nunez-Iturri and Dr. Eric Treml will receive a $50,000 stipend and $15,000 in research funds for two years as well as access to WWF's global network of scientists and conservationists. They will also have the opportunity to link their post-doctoral research to on-the-ground conservation work at WWF sites.