151. WWF - Spectacled bear
maize), fear of the animal due to cultural reasons, It is calculated that around 200 bears are hunted down each year in the region.
Spectacled bears are also hunted for parts used in wildlife trade. The gall bladders are valued in
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152. WWF - A spectacular spectacled bear story
ending in the death of the animal,†stated Luis Carlos Rosero, from Fundación Wii, an organization working with spectacled bear conservation in Colombia. “We believe it’s necessary to take immediate action to ensure that the
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153. WWF - Mechanized agriculture
Most important protein in animal feed.
Soy oil is the most consumed vegetable oil in the world.
Soy (Glycine max) provides more than one-fourth of the world’s vegetable oil. In its meal form, it is the preferred food for
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154. WWF - Maned Wolf
America is a magnificent animal with a pointed muzzle and very large erect ears.
Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
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155. WWF - Southwestern Ghats Moist Forests
of the country's plant and animal species. The country’s largest elephant population is found in the expanse of grasslands interspersed with stunted forests known locally as shola forests .
More than 4,000 species of flowering plants
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156. WWF - Southwestern Australia Forests and Scrub
give rise to rare plant and animal communities. More than 5,500 species of plants have adapted to the Southwestern Australia Forests and Scrub ecoregion, with nearly 70 percent being endemic.
Local Species
Characteristic tree species
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157. WWF - Socotra Island Desert
and Nirarathamnos. Selected animal species include the Socotra leaf-toed gecko ( Hemidactylus forbesii ), Guichard's rock gecko ( Pristurus guichardi ), Blanford's rock gecko ( P. insignis ), and Socotra rock gecko ( P. sokotranus ).
The island
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158. WWF - RÃo Negro-Juruá Moist Forests
conversion, colonisation, animal and plant collecting, large-scale cattle ranching and road construction pose significant threats.
Large quantities of ornamental fish, particularly arawana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum ), are harvested for
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159. WWF - Southeast China-Hainan Moist Forests
working to protect the animal species in Indo-China by preserving habitat, fighting commercial trade and supporting eco-tourism.
Read more:
WWF Indochina: Exploring, discovering and protecting rare species
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160. WWF - Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck Moist Forests
forests but many plant and animal species manage to thrive. The Solomon Islands rain forests are true oceanic islands with high vertebrate endemism, including single-island endemics, restricted-range mammals, and 148 species of land and
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