31. WWF - Eastern Africa Coastal Forests - A Global Ecoregion
are due to convergent evolution due to the similar nectar-feeding lifestyle.
The sunbirds are tropical species, with representatives from Africa to Australasia; however, the greatest variety of species is in Africa where the group
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32. WWF - Atlantic Forests
ecoregion fostered the evolution of many distinctive plant and animal communities. Some 92% of the forests amphibians are found nowhere else on Earth.
Many of these endemic organisms now persist in mere islands of forest, all that are left
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/atlantic_forests.cfm - 51.4kb
33. WWF - Japanese black bear conservation
important aspects for the evolution of Asian black bears.
Project data
Started:
1, Apr 2005
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34. WWF - From Purus to the whole Amazon: mahogany’s comeback
He has witnessed the evolution of the Purús river region from a forgotten land at the mercy of illegal loggers and hunters to a complex of model protected areas that now export experiences and resources to the rest of the Amazon.
The
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35. WWF - Comment: Corals pale with global warming
is within this `skin' that evolution has taken place over millions of years.
Now, though, the tomato skin is suffering damage on a scale it has never before experienced, largely as a result of the behaviour of the six billion people well,
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/search_climate_news_resources/?1917/Comment-Corals-pale-with-global-warming - 49.8kb
36. WWF - Transforming the Management of Marine and Coastal Resources in the Cor...
A critical feature in the evolution of the CTI has been a partnership that gradually coalesced in support of CT conservation. In 2002, the 3 NGO Consortium partners prepared a joint CT proposal and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/fiji_islands/?uProjectID=9S0811 - 48.5kb
37. WWF - Prof. Alison Richard
her work and writings on the evolution of complex social systems among primates. This work has taken her to Central America, Northern Pakistan and in particular Madagascar.
Formal Education
Professor Richard holds Honorary Degrees from
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/organization/trustees/profalisonrichard.cfm - 41.2kb
38. WWF - Most asked questions about WWF as an organisation
also a short account of the evolution of conservation at WWF over its first 45 years of existence.
I’d like to know more about the history of the panda logo and the WWF initials and
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/faq/wwf_organisation/ - 52.4kb
39. WWF - What is Biodiversity
of four billion years of evolution.
But the word “Biodiversity†itself is actually quite new.
"Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985.
Clever eh?
A symposium in 1986, and the
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/what_is_biodiversity/ - 43.6kb
40. WWF - China celebrates 30 years of conserving and sustainably using biodiver...
Director, said: "China's evolution into one of the world's major economies comes with opportunities and responsibilities. China has demonstrated its commitment to some of the major challenges we face today. A transition to a low- carbon,
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/china/?199968/china-30-years-of-cites - 49.8kb
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