121. WWF - Bringing life to the lower Danube – a real success story for WW...
on Tataru Island. Grazing animals, like grey cattle, used to live on the island, but were hunted. Without them the floodplain forest ran wild due to lack of grazing. Four years on, the herd has multiplied and soon it may provide the local
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122. WWF - Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
– one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild – after officers discovered the skin of an adult leopard in a private car.
Internal Police Service officers found the dead animal’s pelt on 3
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123. WWF - Illegal bear bile trade rampant in Asia
Do the animal parts or extracts have any therapeutic value in reality? I think the vets and the biologists in the respective countries should come forward to undergo a thorough analysis to find out if these animal products
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/laos/news/?200329/Illegal-bear-bile-trade-rampant-in-Asia - 52.6kb
124. WWF - Critically endangered Amur leopards captured on video
pairs of the rare spotted animals and one individual in the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve and “Leopardoviy†Federal Wildlife Refuge in Russia’s Primorsky Province, located between the Sea of Japan and the Chinese border.
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/wwf_in_europe.cfm?200995/Critically-endangered-Amur-leopards-captured-on-video - 58.6kb
125. WWF - Sierra Madre Oriental & Occidental Pine-Oak Forests
a vast array of plant and animal species; many of which are restricted to single peaks or ranges.
Among these species are some important wild relatives of agricultural crops, such as Agave (Agave spp. ).
The Cape Region of the Baja
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/sierramadre_pineoak_forests.cfm - 48.1kb
126. WWF - Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests
collection of plants and animals because of their location between Central America lowland and montane forests, and the rich highlands of Oaxaca and northern Mexico. Central American pine-oak forests support one of the world's richest
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/mesoamerican_pineoak_forests.cfm - 49.5kb
127. WWF - Habitat and Adaptation
visit the link .
An animal's environment consists of many different things. The climate, the kinds of food plants that grow in it, other animals that may be predators or competitors- the animal must learn to adapt to each of these factors
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/hab_adaptation/ - 44.2kb
128. WWF - Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer Forests
diversity of plant and animal species.
Temperatures vary widely throughout the year making it ideal for broadleaf evergreen trees at the lower elevations, and deciduous trees and conifers higher up. In the sub-alpine zone, above 3,000
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/easthimalayan_broadleaf_conifer_forests.cfm - 48.3kb
129. WWF - Greater Antillean Moist Forests
of tropical plants and animals.
These large islands have long been isolated from surrounding continents and have thus retained several ancient species in addition to evolving many unique groups.
Puerto Rican moist forests are
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/greaterantillean_moist_forests.cfm - 47.2kb
130. WWF - Food chains and food webs
eating grass. When these animals eat these plant products, food energy and organic compounds are transferred from the plants to the animals.
These animals are in turn eaten by other animals, again transferring energy and organic compounds
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/food_chains/ - 44.9kb
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