161. WWF - Steal for it, shoot for it or sign for it - Stark choices facing a wo...
and urgently
With more advocacy from WWF and other groups, awareness of the convention is increasing. In 2009, Tunisia acceded to the Convention and Spain – a significant “upstream†state - took the number of ratifying
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162. WWF - Sustainable use: Oil & gas development
Following many years of advocacy by WWF and others, in 2011 the Norwegian Parliament took another step in preventing oil drilling in the country's Lofoten Islands.
The Lofoten Islands are home to the world's largest cod and herring
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/marine/sustainable_use/oil_gas/ - 45.7kb
163. WWF - Increasing protection: corals and mangroves
combined fieldwork and advocacy to deliver impressive results.
Some of our biggest wins include:
A commitment by the six Coral Triangle nations through the
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/marine/protected_areas/increasing_protection/corals_mangroves/ - 45.1kb
164. WWF - First national park established in Russian Far East
Far East, following years of advocacy work by WWF and local environmental groups.
The Zov Tigra (Call of the Tiger) National Park encompasses 82,152 hectares in the forest area of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in the far eastern Primorye
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/forests/news/successes/?uNewsID=106120 - 47.1kb
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