61. WWF - Snow leopard
gradually declining, with hunting and habitat loss just some of the reasons that it is endangered.
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62. WWF - Wildlife management in the Green Heart of Africa
The creation of community-hunting areas is an opportunity to help local populations directly access wildlife resources for their basic subsistence needs. For example, some local communities are generating significant revenues by leasing hunting
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/congo_basin_forests/wwf_solutions/congo_wildlife_management/ - 45.1kb
63. WWF - WWF partnerships and alliances in the Green Heart of Africa
threatened by commercial hunting for sale as meat.
The primary goals are to:
work with the general members of the BCTF to focus attention on the bushmeat crisis in Africa;
establish an information database and
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64. WWF - Our history in the Green Heart of Africa
of logging activities and hunting prompted him to try rescuing the gorillas’ habitat, while also protecting the rights of the local indigenous BaAka pygmies .
Having persuaded authorities to outlaw hunting (with an allowance for the
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65. WWF - Greater one-horned rhinoceros
are the main threats?
Hunting
Hunting was an important factor in the greater one-horned rhino's historical decline. During the last century, rhinos were hunted for sport by both Europeans and Asians. Rhinos were also killed as
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66. WWF - White rhinoceros
are the main threats?
Hunting & poaching
Uncontrolled Hunting in the colonial era was historically the major factor in the decline of white rhinos, and poaching for their horn continues to be the main threat.
The white rhino is
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67. WWF - Giant muntjac
The main threats are hunting and loss of habitat, primarily through slash and burn agriculture. Some data on the range of the giant muntjac is based on the location of trophy antlers. hunting has become more of a threat as traps and hunting
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68. WWF - Iberian lynx
80% loss in its range.
Hunting
Ironically, the species has been regarded both as an attractive Hunting trophy and as a vermin. Hunters prized its valuable fur and its meat, and although some landowners appreciate its tendency to keep fox
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69. WWF - Spectacled bear
and northern Peru.
Hunting is one of the major causes of population reduction of this species. Local inhabitants kill bears for diverse reasons, including subsistence Hunting, protection against attacks to livestock and crops (especially
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/spectacled_bear/ - 55.2kb
70. WWF - Eurasian lynx
to the Eurasian lynx are hunting and habitat loss. Although the population has benefitted from the ban on legal international fur trade, illegal hunting still represents a major threat.
Information
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