271. WWF - Experts meet to address rhino poaching crisis
establishment of a National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit in South Africa, increasing protection throughout the rhinos’ range, DNA fingerprinting of rhino horn, regional information sharing and engaging with the authorities in Vietnam. In
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272. WWF - Spain under spotlight over accelerating threats to Doñana heritage
estuary and therefore the wildlife on the marshes and beaches of the protected reserve.
From the northwest, thousands of acres of illegal strawberry farming and the digging of illegal wells have reduced flows from the aquifer to the wetlands
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273. WWF - WWF-Canon Photogallery
are now threatening wildlife and people with the very qualities that make them useful: toxicity and stability.
Today there is unequivocal evidence that a number of man-made chemicals have already caused serious damage to the health of
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274. WWF - Saving India's Sal Trees
against felling in the wildlife reserves.
Such criticism brought a halt to felling in mid-January this year and a
special task force, with a wildlife subcommittee, was established to
review the situation. The task force, however, could not
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275. WWF - Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS)
that are compatible with wildlife use and dispersal, yet provide equivalent benefits.
5. Re-establish the traditions of the local people that once allowed a relatively benevolent coexistence with wildlife.
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276. WWF - Camera captures tiger cubs in forest under imminent threat of clearing
Sumatran orangutans.
The wildlife corridor between Bukit Tigapuluh National Park and Rimbang Baling wildlife Sanctuary consists of the following: Protected Forest Bukit Batabuh, Protected Forest Bukit Sosa and some inactive selected logging
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277. WWF - Elephant conservation in Africa
and community-managed wildlife areas who will be managing elephant herds.
One pertinent issue is developing governments' capacities to implement the CITES co-ordinated programme to Monitor the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE). In
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278. WWF - WWF fears environmental impact of toxic mud disaster in Hungary
animals suggests that wildlife would be similarly affected.
The mud has a pH level of up to 13 and acids are being poured into the Marcal to neutralize the alkaline stream before it reaches the Raba and the Danube. Red mud was this
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279. WWF - India releases tiger numbers as experts convene
Wide Fund for Nature), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the Smithsonian Institute, the Wildlife trade network TRAFFIC, CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
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280. WWF - African Rift Lakes Programme
over-reliance on forest and wildlife resources.
- The impacts of oil and gas development.
- Demand for woodfuel from protected areas.
- Diminishing quantity and quality of hydro-flows.
- Illegal logging in priority landscapes.
- Impacts of climate
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/eastern_southern_africa/index.cfm?uProjectID=9F0852 - 47.9kb
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