1. WWF - The hunting of polar bears
Threats
» Hunting
The Hunting of polar bears
There are estimated to be at least 22,000 polar bears worldwide
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/area/species/polarbear/threats/hunting/ - 46.3kb
2. WWF - Swedish hunters help save Amur tigers
The Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management is helping Russian tiger conservation efforts thousands of miles away by sharing their secrets to raising prey animals like deer and wild boar.
The managers of four sustainable Hunting
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/sweden/news/?193064/Swedish-hunters-help-save-Amur-tigers - 53.2kb
3. WWF - Saving the tiger from tradition
Baripada, India: The hunting ritual of Akhand Shikar is an important event among the people of Orissa in western India. In April and May each year, they make offerings to the deity of the Simlipal mountains then embark on
an orgy of
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?1839/Saving-the-tiger-from-tradition - 47.6kb
4. WWF - Ungulate Recovery Programme in the Amur Tiger Habitats of Far East Russia
that reform the regional hunting industry and implement case studies on the model hunting leases. The main principles should be:
> Long term (15 year minimum) leases of hunting territories, both collectively and for individuals.
> Develop and
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/russia/projects/?uProjectID=RU0116 - 44.9kb
5. WWF - Far Eastern Leopard Conservation Programme
leopard habitat for 2 model hunting leases;
- Introduce a ban on hunting ungulates in reproduction zones or in areas where their numbers have dramatically declined;
- Develop and implement a system of norms creating conditions that make hunters
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/russia/projects/?uProjectID=RU0110 - 57.6kb
6. WWF - Ungulate Recovery Programme in the Amur Tiger Habitats of Far East Russia
that reform the regional hunting industry and implement case studies on the model hunting leases. The main principles should be:
> Long term (15 year minimum) leases of hunting territories, both collectively and for individuals.
> Develop and
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/siberian_tiger_.cfm?uProjectID=RU0116 - 44.9kb
7. WWF - Fair game for the Xavantes
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 threatened.
WWF's proposal called for a game management plan in
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?1883/Fair-game-for-the-Xavantes - 48.7kb
8. WWF - Ecotourism in Romania
than as a waste tip. Hunting is still disturbingly popular in Romania — mainly foreign hunters who pay very high prices for Romanian trophies. It is often argued that if it were not for extensive Hunting during the communist period
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?13623/Ecotourism-in-Romania - 58.0kb
9. WWF - Lower Mekong Dry Forests Ecoregion Action Programme
Underlying causes of the hunting threat include: (i) the high level of poverty among local people; (ii) the lack of knowledge, equipment, or financial incentives for law enforcement officials to control illegal hunting; and (iii) weak laws and
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/clouded_leopard/?uProjectID=KH0009 - 51.5kb
10. WWF - Russian Far East Temperate Forests
that reform the regional hunting industry and implement case studies on the model hunting leases
Implement best practice in sensible use of ungulates
Implement model projects that optimize hunting societies in tiger habitat with
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/russian_fareast_temperate_forests.cfm - 47.6kb
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