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Google, BMW, Volvo Sign Call For Temporary Ban On Deep-Sea Mining
Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung SDI are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the WWF said on Wednesday.
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56 Polar Bears Descend On Russian Village As Arctic Ice Shrinks
More than 50 polar bears have gathered on the edge of a village in Russia's far north, environmentalists and residents said, as weak Arctic ice leaves them unable to roam.
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Two Rare White Tiger Cubs Find New Home In Nicaragua
Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo, where the playful pair will join a menagerie of rare big cat species.
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Lizard, Turtle Among More Than 100 New Species Found In Mekong Region
A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday.
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Lights Go Out Around The World For 10th Earth Hour
The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. Prominent buildings and monuments in India including the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan turned dark for the occasion.
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At 11 Tonight, The Dinosaurs Arrived. Look What We Did
So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...
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Obama To Open Post-Presidency Office In World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
President Barack Obama has been determining what he'll work on once he leaves the White House and now he has a place to do it.
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World Wildlife Fund Calls For Crack Down On 'Tiger Farms'
The World Wildlife Fund on Thursday urged Asian states to investigate all tiger breeding centres and crack down on any involved in black-market animal trade.
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Apple Just Found a New Way to Make People Care About the Planet
Money spent buying one of the 27 Apps for Earth apps, or making purchases within them, will support the World Wildlife Fund.
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3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund
India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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World's Wild Tiger Count Rising For First Time In A Century
The world's count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said on Monday.
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Sneezing Monkey Among 200 New Species Discovered in Himalayas
A snub-nosed monkey that sneezes when it rains, a walking fish and a jewel-like snake are among more than 200 new species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas, according to a new report by WWF.
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New Zealand to Create Massive Marine Sanctuary
New Zealand has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.
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Half of Marine Life Wiped Out in 40 Years: World Wildlife Fund Report
Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released Wednesday.
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Hurrah, Kaziranga Count Shows More Rhinos. But There's Bad News Too.
Kaziranga, the world's biggest reserve for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, purveyed great news recently - a headcount showed 2401 rhinos, up from 2013's count of 2,329.
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Google, BMW, Volvo Sign Call For Temporary Ban On Deep-Sea Mining
Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung SDI are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the WWF said on Wednesday.
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56 Polar Bears Descend On Russian Village As Arctic Ice Shrinks
More than 50 polar bears have gathered on the edge of a village in Russia's far north, environmentalists and residents said, as weak Arctic ice leaves them unable to roam.
-
Two Rare White Tiger Cubs Find New Home In Nicaragua
Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo, where the playful pair will join a menagerie of rare big cat species.
-
Lizard, Turtle Among More Than 100 New Species Found In Mekong Region
A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday.
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Lights Go Out Around The World For 10th Earth Hour
The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. Prominent buildings and monuments in India including the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan turned dark for the occasion.
-
At 11 Tonight, The Dinosaurs Arrived. Look What We Did
So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...
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Obama To Open Post-Presidency Office In World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
President Barack Obama has been determining what he'll work on once he leaves the White House and now he has a place to do it.
-
World Wildlife Fund Calls For Crack Down On 'Tiger Farms'
The World Wildlife Fund on Thursday urged Asian states to investigate all tiger breeding centres and crack down on any involved in black-market animal trade.
-
Apple Just Found a New Way to Make People Care About the Planet
Money spent buying one of the 27 Apps for Earth apps, or making purchases within them, will support the World Wildlife Fund.
-
3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund
India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
-
World's Wild Tiger Count Rising For First Time In A Century
The world's count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said on Monday.
-
Sneezing Monkey Among 200 New Species Discovered in Himalayas
A snub-nosed monkey that sneezes when it rains, a walking fish and a jewel-like snake are among more than 200 new species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas, according to a new report by WWF.
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New Zealand to Create Massive Marine Sanctuary
New Zealand has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.
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Half of Marine Life Wiped Out in 40 Years: World Wildlife Fund Report
Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released Wednesday.
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Hurrah, Kaziranga Count Shows More Rhinos. But There's Bad News Too.
Kaziranga, the world's biggest reserve for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, purveyed great news recently - a headcount showed 2401 rhinos, up from 2013's count of 2,329.
