The World Prepares To Participate in WWFs Earth Hour
On Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time, the largest ever public demonstration for action on climate change will take place as lights are symbolically turned off for one hour in homes, office buildings, iconic landmarks, government buildings and retail establishments across the globe for Earth Hour.
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Tags: 2010, climate change, climate crunch, earth hour, global warming, march, world wildlife fund, wwf
Year of the Tiger Begins with Big Cats in Serious Trouble Around the World
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.
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Tags: asia, big cats, cats, climate change, environment, exstinct, habitat, threat, tiger, troublespots, tx2, world wildlife fund, wwf, year of the tiger
Greater Mekong Tiger Numbers Have Dropped More Than 70 Percent in 10 Years
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.
“Tigers on the Brink: Facing up to the Challenge in the Greater Mekong” comes as leaders from tiger range countries prepare to meet for the first Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in Hua Hin, Thailand. The conference is part of a year-long effort to save wild tigers during the Chinese Year of the Tiger, which begins February 14.
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Tags: asian, extinction, greater mekong tiger, poaching, tigers, wildlife, world wildlife fund, wwf
Climate Change Threatens To Wipe Out One of Worlds Largest Tiger Populations This Century
One of the world’s largest tiger populations could disappear by the end of this century as rising sea levels caused by climate change destroy their habitat along the coast of Bangladesh in an area known as the Sundarbans, according to a new World Wildlife Fund-led study published in the journal Climatic Change.
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Tags: climate change, estinction, exstinct, gas emissions, global warming, land, poaching, sea level rise, threat, tiger, tigers, unesco, wildlife, wwf
WWF Camera Trap Yields First-Time Video of Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger and Cubs
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.
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Tigers, Polar Bears And Blue Fin Tuna Among Most Threatened Species In 2010, Says World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today released its annual list of some of the most threatened species around the world, saying that the long-term survival of many animals is increasingly in doubt due to a host of threats, including climate change, and calling for a step up in efforts to save some of the world’s most threatened animals.
WWF’s list of “10 to Watch in 2010” includes such well-known and beloved species as tigers, polar bears, pandas, and rhinos, as well as lesser-known species such as bluefin tuna and mountain gorillas. WWF scientists say these, and many other species, are at greater risk than ever before because of habitat loss, poaching, and climate change-related threats. This year’s watch list includes five species directly impacted by climate change, as well as the monarch butterfly, the species at the center of an endangered biological phenomenon. Tigers are at the forefront of this year’s list, with the official Year of the Tiger slated to begin in February 2010.
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Tags: 2010, blue fin tuna, butterfly, climate change, copenhagen, endangered, gorilla, penguin, polar baears, rhinoceros, species, survival, threatened, tigers, turtle, walrus, world wildlife fund, wwf
Climate Change Puts Trillions of Dollars in Assets at Risk Along U.S. Coasts
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the leading insurer Allianz SE released a report today warning that sea level rise could dramatically increase risks to buildings, transportation infrastructure and other assets exposed to severe storm surges in coastal areas of the U.S. The study estimates that current assets at risk to a 1-in-100-year storm surge amount to $1.4 trillion. A mid-century global sea level rise of 0.5 meters (20 inches), with an additional 0.15 meter (6 inches) localized rise along the northeast U.S. coast, could jeopardize assets worth close to $7.4 trillion.
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Tags: climate change, coast, coastal areas, rising, sea level, storm, world wildlife fund, wwf
Supermodel Lily Cole launches Sky rainforest rescue
Sky today launched a three-year campaign with WWF to help save one billion trees in the Amazon.
The campaign, Sky Rainforest Rescue, aims to protect rainforest covering over three million hectares in the state of Acre, Brazil to help combat climate change and preserve the unique habitat and species of the Amazon.
The world’s rainforests are a crucial resource needed to avoid dangerous climate change. But today in the Amazon alone an area the size of three football pitches is destroyed every minute. If current rates of deforestation continue, over half of all our rainforests will disappear by 2030.
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Tags: amazon, gas, greenhouse, lily cole, rainforest, sky, sky television, species, sports, trees, tv, world wildlife fund, wwf
Bird-eating fanged frog one of 163 new species found in Greater Mekong in past year
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.
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Tags: bird, bird-eating, eating, fanged, frog, gecko, Greater mekong, species, world wildlife fund, wwf
WWF Response to President Obama’s Speech Before United Nations
World Wildlife Fund issued the following statement today from Keya
Chatterjee, acting director of WWF’s climate program: “We welcome the
clear statement from President Obama about the urgency of climate
change and the promise that the US will do its part, by providing
funding for adaptation and mitigation. We’re encouraged by his
statement that Copenhagen must be a significant step forward and we
look forward to seeing the US positions on emissions reductions and
support for developing countries become firmed up in the days ahead.
Tags: obama, president, speech, united nations, wwf
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