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Ending Illegal Wildlife Trade With British Royalty

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 in Wildlife Conservation

Today His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and the UK government hosted a conference to call for action at the highest level to end the trade in illegal wildlife – a trade that presents a grave threat not only to the natural world, but also to national and regional security. WWF welcomes this...

How to Save Elephants from Poaching

Posted by lmarsh5 on Friday, 10 May 2013 in Wildlife Conservation

Poachers have entered one of Africa’s most unique elephant habitats on Monday, threatening to cause one of the biggest elephant massacres in the region since poachers killed at least 300 elephants for their ivory in Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida National Park in February 2012.According to WWF sources, a ...

Rhino Poaching in 2013

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 in Wildlife Conservation

India Monday lost its ninth rhino to poaching so far this year within the northern state of Assam. The greater-one horned, or Indian rhino, was found shot dead with its horn removed in Kaziranga National Park. Seven other rhinos have already been killed in the park during 2013, and an additiona...

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Cameroon increases elephant protection after mass slaughter

Posted by Angel on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

Yaoundé, Cameroon — Six months after the killing of hundreds of elephants in a Cameroon national park, WWF today is releasing exclusive video material from the scene of the shocking event. The release comes on the eve of World Elephant Day on Sunday, August 12, 2012. WWF fears that soon this event m...

The Living Planet Report

Posted by Angel on Monday, 18 June 2012 in General Environment

The WWF’s Living Planet Report (LPR) is the world’s leading science-based analysis on the health of the Earth and the impact of human activity. The ninth biennial publication released in May, reviews the cumulative pressures humans are putting on the planet and the conseq...

The 2012 WWF Earth Hour Awards are now open!

Posted by Angel on Sunday, 18 December 2011 in Environmental Heroes

In 2011, the fifth year of the Earth Hour campaign, WWF-Australia introduced the WWF Earth Hour Awards to celebrate the grassroots efforts of everyday Australians going ‘beyond the hour’ for the planet. As we enter the second year of the Awards, we're pleased to re-launch last year's favourite ...

Earth Hour 2011: Hanan Hassan and Julia Lin, champions of EnviroKids – Young Panda Award Winners. / ©: WWF-Australia

Why We Should Put a Price Tag on Ecosystem

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 06 September 2011 in Ecotourism

A recent article in the New York Times about the work Stanford University biology professor Gretchen Daily is doing in Africa and Costa Rica highlights the importance of ecosystem services, or putting a value on ecosystems. Daily co-founded the Natural Capitalism Project (NCP) in November 20...

Infant Gorilla Rescued

Posted by amir on Friday, 19 August 2011 in Environmental Heroes

An infant mountain gorilla was rescued from poachers in Rwanda in August 2011 with help from a partnership made up of WWF, African Wildlife Foundation and Fauna & Flora International. A group of Rwandan and Congolese men were attempting to smuggle the female, less than one-year old, into Rwanda ...

Polar bears 'spotted swimming with cubs on back'

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 02 December 2010 in Wildlife Conservation

Polar bears have been spotted carrying their cubs on their backs while they swim through icy waters, according to an article in UK online newspaper the Telegraph. According to the article, the practice is thought to be the result of the bears having to swim longer distances in the sea because of rec...