1. WWF - Arguments for protection: culture
Why protect?
» Culture
Arguments for protection: Culture
Natural habitats and biodiversity
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/protected_areas/arguments_for_protection/culture/ - 42.7kb
2. WWF - WWF from 1961 to 2006
nature shaped human culture
The forces of nature shaped the evolution of Homo sapiens to what we are today. Those same forces also shaped human society.
The mastery of centralised agriculture gave human societies the luxury of
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/history/wwf_conservation_1961_2006/ - 96.3kb
3. WWF - Ecotourism in Romania
and a rich heritage of rural culture and tradition. At the same time Romania is still one of the poorest European countries — still struggling to escape the constraints imposed by 42 years of oppressive dictatorships, hidden under the guise
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?13623/Ecotourism-in-Romania - 58.0kb
4. WWF - Camera traps yield first-time film of tigress and cubs
experience these magnificent animals, but also to protect the ecology of the forests. These animals and ecosystems are not ours to own or control, we SHARE this planet with them and should respect them from afar. Leaving them alone and protecting
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/camera_traps/camera_trap_news/?185602/Camera-traps-yield-first-time-film-of-tigress-and-cubs - 56.7kb
5. WWF - Lake Biwa
of plants and 595 species of animals. Recent studies of the lake bottom suggest that many more species remain to be discovered. About 50 species and subspecies are found nowhere else. These include such animals as the freshwater pearl mussel (
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/lake_biwa.cfm - 43.4kb
6. WWF - Amazing Discoveries in the Amazon: New Species Found Every 3 Days Over...
resources are planned; agriculture and ranching are carried out following best management practices; and transportation and energy infrastructure development is well planned to minimize environmental impacts and impoverishment of cultural
http://wwf.panda.org/?196057/Amazing-Discoveries-in-the-Amazon-New-Species-Found-Every-Three-Days-Over-Last-Decade - 64.0kb
7. WWF - Fair game for the Xavantes
the shortage of wild animals and found a simple answer. As the Xavantes were now hunting round their settlements rather than moving from place to place, they were putting pressure on their limited hunting area, and species had become
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?1883/Fair-game-for-the-Xavantes - 48.7kb
8. WWF - Saving the tiger from tradition
flush out and kill as many
animals as they can.
This ancient practice ends in joyful celebration but it is bad news for
one of India's finest tiger habitats, the Simlipal Reserve, which covers
845km2 inside a buffer zone of nearly 2,000km2.
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?1839/Saving-the-tiger-from-tradition - 47.6kb
9. WWF - Sustainability ‘no longer just CSR’ says WWF chief
this patently unsustainable culture of avarice evidently define the culture's efficacy by the endless accumulation of material possessions; by the unbounded acquisition of more money, money, money, money; by recklessly overconsuming and
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?146704/Sustainability-no-longer-just-CSR-says-WWF-chief - 52.1kb
10. WWF - Expedition diary
from their view of other animals. Walrus, grey whales, ringed seals and reindeer are important as game animals for the Chukchi, and in their Mythology these animals are treated more or less as a meat source. When I ask the Chukchi hunter Vlad
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/what_we_do/climate/climatewitness2/expedition_diary.cfm - 106.3kb
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