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161. WWF - New nature reserve for Russian Arctic

harbour porpoise, bottlenose dolphin, humpback whale, northern blue whale, northern fin whale and sei whale. In recent years the number of many of these species have become unstable. WWF assisted in the creation of the nature reserve, which took

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162. WWF - WWF Signs New Agreement for African Cetaceans

with WWF, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society also signed the agreement. More than 30 small cetacean species will be covered in this agreement, in an area that stretches from Macaronesia, through Morocco to South Africa. The

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163. WWF - Conservation and environmental news & publications: Senegal

nets: WWF report identifies dolphins, porpoises most in need of urgent action Nine dolphin and porpoise populations around the world need immediate action if they are to survive ... 09 June 2005 2 comments

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164. WWF - Conservation and environmental news & publications: Tanzania

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165. WWF - More than 1000 new species found in New Guinea

including a unique snub-fin dolphin, have been found on the tropical island over a ten year period. Added to the tally is an astounding 580 invertebrates and 134 amphibians, 2 birds and 71 fish, among them an extremely rare 2.5m long

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166. WWF - WWF celebrates saving of Himalayan forest and not so Common Leopard

Projects Indus River Dolphin Sign up for email updates Sign up for email updates... Select Afghanistan

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167. WWF - Con Dao Island, Vietnam

dugong, sea turtle and the dolphin. In addition, the islands have large and diverse coral reefs, and rare varieties of orchids found nowhere else in Vietnam. The islands remain largely undisturbed and encompass beauties of striking contrast:

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168. WWF - Orca

belongs to the family of dolphins and is the biggest dolphin. It is sometimes called the 'wolf of the sea' because its predatory behavior is similar to that of wolves. About Orcas grow to be about 8-10 m long, weighing more than 6 tonnes.

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169. WWF - Shark Bay, Australia

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170. WWF - Our work in Colombia

the South American River Dolphin Census ttok place in the Orinoco and Amazon river basins. A conservation and threat-reduction strategy for the species and its habitats was created. Six migratory-bird monitoring stations for private

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