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  WWF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is one of the world's largest environmental organizations, with a network of offices in nearly 60 countries and a secretariat in Gland, Switzerland.
WWF is dedicated to stopping the degradation of the planet's natural environment and building a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:
WWF promotes a factual, science-based approach to conservation, which focuses on six priority issues of global concern: forests, oceans and coasts, fresh water, endangered species, and the insidious threats of toxic chemicals and climate change.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Wildlife_Fund   (351 words)

  
 CBBB Wise Giving Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WWF engages in international campaigns to save species from extinction and to halt global trade in endangered animals and plants by training and equipping antipoaching teams, conducting biological research, and relocating highly threatened animals.
WWF promotes government policies that address the problems of pollution and the overuse of energy and other resources, and conducts scientific research to inform policy makers.
WWF educates teachers, students, parents and the public about scientific research, policy changes that affect wildlife conservation, and specific threats to endangered species and ecosystems.
www.give.org /reports/care_dyn.asp?463   (554 words)

  
 Cedco - World Wildlife Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and the rich biological diversity that they and we need to survive.
A whole different world exists in the rain forest -- a more vivid world, where colors are conspicuously brighter, and the animals, insects, and plant life are more varied than in any other region or climate.
Help save life on Earth with your choice of World Wildlife Fund products-a royalty of between 4% and 7% of the retail price is received by WWF on all sales of WWF merchandise.
www.cedco.com /c_wwf.asp   (1655 words)

  
 world wildlife fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Explore World Wildlife Fund Online to learn more about endangered species like tigers, rhinos, whales, and pandas, the places where they live, threats to their survival, and how WWF is helping to...
World Wildlife Fund is working around the world to combat threats like climate change, deteriorating ocean health, toxic chemicals, wildlife trade and deforestation.
World Wildlife Fund Canada's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in...
www.centuryfloors.be /9476-worldwildlifefund.html   (271 words)

  
 WWF Solomon Islands Country Programme : Working with Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WWF is dedicated to work in partnership with all stakeholders - local people and government, community based organizations and the business sector, aid agencies, scientists and international bodies - to protect the natural environment and the rich web of life in Solomon Islands.
WWF believes that sustainable livelihood, development and conservation efforts work best where community groups adopt conservation initiatives themselves, and where communities make their own management decisions.
Through its capacity building strategy, WWF aims to build the skills of individual conservation practitioners at the community level as well as establishing a network of community-based organisations dedicated to learning collaboratively and achieving best practices in conservation action.
www.wwfpacific.org.fj /solomonsnew.htm   (319 words)

  
 Employer Profile: World Wildlife Fund
Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wildlands.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the U.S. affiliate of the international WWF network, which has national organizations or representatives in more than 50 countries and works in more than 100 countries.
WWF directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species and addressing global threats.
philanthropy.com /jobs/profiles/12610.htm?pg=i   (415 words)

  
 WWF Indochina Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With this aim, WWF Indochina is assisting with the management of protected areas, promoting sustainable forestry practices and encouraging the participation of local people, so that they benefit from the conservation of forest resources.
WWF is actively working to protect these species by preserving their habitat, fighting their commercial trade and supporting eco-tourism.
Along with its partners, including The Mekong River Commission representing Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Lao PDR, WWF Indochina is striving to raise awareness of the devastating impact huge construction projects have on the natural dynamics of the river while promoting the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams and sources of alternative energy.
www.wwfindochina.org   (432 words)

  
 Charitable Choices - world wildlife fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WWF often works with its project grantees for several years (in some cases, for a decade or more) to ensure that local conservation capability is carefully built to last or to gain results available only through long-term efforts.
WWF has worked with the National Park Service of Costa Rica since its inception in 1974; today the country has what is arguably the best national park system in the world.
WWF staff has contributed to the negotiation and implementation of several international wildlife treaties and laws.
www.charitablechoices.org /charities/WWF   (673 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - World Wildlife Fund, Environment (Environmental Studies) - Encyclopedia
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), international organization formed to raise money for conservation projects, est.
The international organization, believing that its name no longer reflected the scope of its activities, became the Worldwide Fund for Nature in 1986, but the affiliated groups in the United States and Canada retained the original name.
It has been responsible for international agreements on conservation and has supported research on endangered species, including the giant panda, its symbol.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WorldWild.html   (220 words)

  
 Best Environmental Directories
World, data, maps 400 data sets, maps on the fly, the background statistics for the GEO reports from UNEP.
World resources, encyclopedia and on-line periodic reports on the state of the natural resources in the world.
WWF (World Wildlife Fund), the site of this major international NGO gives a lot of information on endangered species and actions to protect them.
www.ulb.ac.be /ceese/meta/cdscom.html   (5877 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cats in crisis; THE DISAPPEARING TIGER; A century ago, 100,00 tigers roamed the world.
WWF names NE China's natural reserve as "gift to earth".
The reserve is owned by the World Wildlife Fund.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WorldW1ild.asp   (496 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund
WWF hopes to be able to establish a clearer picture of how many bonobos are left in the wild once all of the results of the survey have been compiled and analyzed early next year.
The survey of Salonga National Park, supported by WWF, was undertaken by the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
WWF has now launched a new project to monitor and protect surviving bonobo populations in the northern sector of Salonga National Park.
www.commondreams.org /news2004/1209-07.htm   (752 words)

  
 Welcome to WWF Bhutan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On the eve of World Water Day, WWF warns that Asia's river dolphin populations are in severe decline due to polluted waters, dams and entanglement in fishing nets.
WWF and its collegues in the Eastern Himalayas are working to strengthen antipoaching measures, to stop illegal trade and to reduce consumption of tiger based medicines, and to create incentives so that tigers are worth more alive than dead to their human neighbors.
Since the establishment of a program office in Thimphu in 1992, WWF has worked closely with the Royal Government of Bhutan to develop an integrated and collaborative conservation program.
www.wwfbhutan.org.bt   (216 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund
Governments are subsidizing overexpansion of the world’s fishing fleets that are conservatively estimated to reach 20-25 cents for every dollar earned by fishermen worldwide,” said David Schorr, director of WWF’s sustainable commerce program.
The WWF study is being released as governments of fishing nations move towards the close of negotiations over an unprecedented agreement to address fishing industry overcapacity at the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and as world trade officials begin to negotiate the agenda for a new round of global trade talks.
World Wildlife Fund, known worldwide by its panda logo, leads international efforts to save life on earth.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/Sept98/090998h.htm   (643 words)

  
 WWF-Malaysia
WWF calls on authorities to throw the book at parties involved.
And after 28 years on the job, he thought that it was time for him to leave the world of education and move on.
The Spirit of the Land award was bestowed upon WWF Malaysia's Cameron Highlands Nature Education Center (CHNEC), in conjunction with The Winter Olympics' Environmental Awards held in Salt Lake City in February of this year.
www.wwfmalaysia.org   (930 words)

  
 The Observer | International | Earth 'will expire by 2050'
A study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to be released on Tuesday, warns that the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life.
The report, based on scientific data from across the world, reveals that more than a third of the natural world has been destroyed by humans over the past three decades.
Now WWF wants world leaders to use its findings to agree on specific actions to curb the population's impact on the planet.
observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,750783,00.html   (1146 words)

  
 The Fund for Animals: Fur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The United States is one of the leading trapping countries in the world, even though 89 other nations and eight states have banned leghold traps.
The Fund has a special leaflet designed for "doorhangering" -- to be hung on doorknobs.
Your newspaper or radio station should be able to use the print or radio ad; contact The Fund for a broadcast-quality version of the TV ad.
www.fundforanimals.org /fur   (950 words)

  
 WWF-UK: WWF Northern Ireland
WWF Northern Ireland, part of WWF-UK and based in Carrickfergus, works on issues from a uniquely Northern Irish perspective.
The Wildlife Album is a celebration of diversity, in nature and in music.
WWF Northern Ireland's official position statements on: renewable energy; freshwater; marine and sustainable development are available to download.
www.wwf.org.uk /core/about/nireland.asp   (280 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON - October 5 - World Wildlife Fund today praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its leadership in developing a historic, consensus-based proposal on how best to screen and test thousands of man-made chemicals for their ability to cause reproductive and developmental problems in humans and wildlife.
WWF now urges the agency to push for full implementation of the recommendations with complete funding and realistic criteria, procedures and priorities.
WWF has just released a report -- Chemicals that Compromise Life: A Call to Action -- detailing the ‘state of the science’ on endocrine disruptors.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/Oct98/100598e.htm   (419 words)

  
 WWF Pakistan
Pakistan was hit by a devastating earthquake ever recorded in its history on October 8, 2005 (Saturday).
Results from the most comprehensive survey of China's giant panda population reveal that there are nearly 1'600 pandas in the wild, over 40 percent more animals than previously thought to exist.
The mountian festival 2005 is being celebrated jointly by IUCN, WWF - Pakistan and MoE (Ministry of Environment)
www.wwfpak.org   (312 words)

  
 Conservogram: World Wildlife Fund
Serve as WWF representative and participate actively on the Tennessee State Technical Committee for the purpose of influencing Farm Bill expenditures so as to produce actions and policies significantly benefiting biodiversity, including actions to achieve the new EQIP national priority of conserving at-risk species.
In one or more of the WWF priority watersheds in Tennessee, establish an effective project to secure Farm Bill funding for conservation actions beneficial to biodiversity in that watershed.
Serves as WWF representative on projects, as assigned by SPO and communicates with representatives of conservation organizations, government agencies and media.
news.swcs.org /e_article000194314.cfm   (592 words)

  
 Welcome to the WWF South Pacific Programme homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Firstly, money for conservation projects is raised by sales of the Collection; secondly, awareness of the existence of WWF and the plight of threatened species is increased and thirdly, the people who subscribe to the Collection are better informed about these species around the world.
WWF and World Bank announced an ambitious programme to reduce global deforestation rates by 10% by 2010.
Read the latest WWF South Pacific Currents Newsletter, featuring our regional Marine Programme which works to protect marine resources that have come under threat by overfishing of tuna populations, and the critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtle as well as the rapid decline of sea turtle populations.
www.wwfpacific.org.fj   (530 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), known for its fl and white panda logo, strives to protect the diversity of life on the planet.
WWF currently operates projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America with national affiliates in more than 30 countries.
The group publishes information on endangered wildlife, wild places, and global challenges such as toxic chemicals and climate change.
hoovers.com /world-wildlife-fund/--ID__107608--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (209 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON - May 3 - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today called on President Clinton to condemn the Japanese government's reported plan to catch 120 additional whales over the next two years.
The proposed catch of 50 Bryde and 10 sperm whales per year in the North Pacific marks the first time these species would be harvested since an international ban on whaling was introduced in 1986.
WWF is calling upon President Clinton to urge Japanese Prime Minister Mori to order his government to desist and reconsider the plan to expand the amount of whaling done by the Japanese despite international consensus against whaling.
www.commondreams.org /news2000/0503-10.htm   (450 words)

  
 Scoop: Albatross Protection One Step Closer
WWF hopes New Zealand’s signing of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) in Canberra today heralds a stronger stance on seabird protection by the government.
New Zealand is the albatross capital of the world — 13 out of a total 24 albatross species breed in our waters, and almost all of those are vulnerable or endangered (IUCN ranking).
WWF believes the steady drop in many albatross populations warrants stronger action.”
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0106/S00067.htm   (710 words)

  
 World Wildlife Fund
It is up to organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to protect the habitat and security of Sumatran tigers.
With AGF’s contribution, WWF was able to conduct research that led to the development of Canada’s wildlife trade law, which makes it illegal to import and sell tiger products in Canada.
Founded in 1967, World Wildlife Fund Canada is one of the country’s leading conservation organizations.
www.agf.com /static/en/about_us/6042.html   (179 words)

  
 WWF-New Zealand: for a living planet
WWF presented the award at the New Zealand Marine Science Society Conference held in Wellington last week.
The Habitat Protection Fund, administered by WWF and funded by The Tindall Foundation, supports community groups that protect, restore and manage threatened habitats in their local areas.
WWF launches report showing 50% of New Zealand's marine environment critical for biodiversity.
www.wwf.org.nz   (548 words)

  
 World Wide Water Foundation, clean drinking water for the health and humanitarian aid of third world people
World Wide Water Foundation, clean drinking water for the health and humanitarian aid of third world people
Worldwide Water Foundation is a nonprofit International organization serving the worlds developing countries by providing a solution to water related problems.
Worldwide Water meets the needs of people through education and well drilling for the development of water resource programs that save lives and bring hope to a thirsty world.
www.worldwidewater.org   (67 words)

  
 WWF's work on Climate Change
Dirty Thirty ranks the least efficient among the biggest carbon dioxide emitters, with Agios Dimitrios in Greece, Frimmersdorf in Germany and Aboño in Spain heading the WWF table.
Now WWF has confronted producers and retailers of electric appliances with this strong public demand for efficient appliances.
In addition to donating a weather station for Nepal's Ngozumpa glacier, WWF Nepal has entered an agreement with partners on climate change and glacier research.
www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm   (266 words)

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