Information Centre of General Animal Protection (beta)

161. WWF - Arguments for protection

& services Livelihoods Culture Publications Solutions Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool A methodology for collating and building information about the overall benefits from individual

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162. WWF - A Turning Point for Responsible Forestry in Finland

the reindeer herding Sami culture of Lapland, have been a point of contention over the years. The standard will also improve the level of sustainability in Finnish forestry by allowing for wider buffer zones around lakes and rivers, adoption

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163. WWF - Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool

to the countrys economy and culture, and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals at the national level; and integrate the use of economic valuation and natural resource accounting tools into national planning processes in order to

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164. WWF - Expert Group Meeting on Biodiversity and Climate Change

and Climate Change, the agriculture and forests minister, Lyonpo Pema Gyamtsho (PhD), said climate change could well be the dominant direct driver of biodiversity loss by the end of this century. Lyonpo Pema Gyamtsho was addressing delegates

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165. WWF - Himalayas

for Water, Life and Culture WWF is working to reconnect natural landscapes across the Eastern Himalayas - ensuring that plant and animal species are able to thrive and that the needs of local communities are met without

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166. WWF - WWF Volunteer Programme - what's it all about?

social status, gender, or culture. More importantly [it] showed me the way forward for conservation efforts, making me realize that it is all about people, their personal situation, and their ties with nature. Carolina from Ecuador

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167. WWF - Cultural diversity and biodiversity are intimately related

diversity of societies, cultures and languages that have developed throughout human history is an expression of lifeâ€™s evolutionary potential. Differences in culture, in other words, cultural diversity and biodiversity are

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168. WWF - Monarch butterfly

and an Environmental Culture Read more about each one of these projects Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Wintering Area. Highlands in Mexico (3500m).

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169. WWF - Who participated in 2011?

Vienna House of Culture, Belize City Hall, Bermuda Tivoli, Copenhagen Government Buildigs, Guyaquil Tower of the Reformer, Guatemala Presidential Palace, Honduras Parliament, Budapest

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170. WWF - Yangtze

been a cradle of an ancient culture and root of much prosperity and sorrow in China. For thousands of years, the riverâ€™s sights, sounds and mystical atmosphere inspired much of Chinese philosophy, literature and art. At 1.8 million

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