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NEWS ABOUT: World Wildlife Fund

World Wildlife Fund stories: 9 news summaries
COPENHAGEN SUMMIT

 5 Years Until Climate 
 Disaster, Warns WWF 

Checking global warming requires 'green revolution'

Oct 19, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disastrous climate change is inevitable unless the world begins cutting carbon emissions within the next five years, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report. Ahead of December's clutch Copenhagen summit, meant to forge a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the fund repeats that global temperature rises could stay... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Gordon Brown • World Wildlife Fund • WWF • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Wildlife Group Disowns 9/11 Ad 

WWF actually rejected 9/11-themed advertisement

Sep 2, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has been blasted for an ad bearing its logo that shows a slew of planes bearing down on New York City. The latest twist: WWF never authorized it. In fact, it's just a spec ad created by a Brazil agency that was quickly rejected by the... More »

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advertising • Manhattan • World Wildlife Fund • offensive • 9/11 attacks

opinion

 'Tasteless' WWF 
 Ad Exploits 9/11 

World Wildlife Fund uses attacks to prove environmental point

Sep 1, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund roars right into "tasteless" territory with a new ad that plays off the 9/11 anniversary, writes David Gianatasio in the AdFreak blog of Adweek. The print ad shows hundreds of planes converging on lower Manhattan with copy that reads: "The tsunami killed 100 times... More »

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tsunami • advertising • global warming • World Wildlife Fund • 9/11 attacks

 Fish Farms,
 Retailers Hatch
 Green Standards 

Whole Foods leads way as aquaculture becomes eco-friendly

Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supermarkets are tightening the net on farmed seafood products as demand for environmentally-friendly products grows, reports the Washington Post. Aquaculture now supplies more than half of America's rising demand for fish and shrimp and retailers are working with producers and green groups to make sure the farmed products are both... More »

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Greenpeace • farming • Whole Foods • fish • seafood • World Wildlife Fund • aquaculture • sustainability

 Wildlife Populations Plunging 

One of 'great extinction episodes in history' unfolding: report

May 16, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Humanity is rapidly wiping out the planet's species, sending wildlife populations plunging, the BBC reports. Pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing have cut wildlife numbers as much as a third since 1970 and wipe out 1% of species each year. One of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history also... More »

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endangered species • environment • wildlife • extinction • biodiversity • threatened species • World Wildlife Fund • animal

World Will Dim Lights Tomorrow for Earth Hour

Cities will power off
to call attention
to global warming

Mar 28, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cities across the world will dim their lights  tomorrow night—temporarily darkening major landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Sydney’s Opera House and Chicago's Wrigley Field—in an effort to raise awareness about energy conservation and climate change. Phoenix, Atlanta, and a dozen other US cities will join... More »

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climate change • energy • Australia • San Francisco • Chicago • global warming • Bangkok • Sydney • World Wildlife Fund • Earth Hour

Endangered Tigers Fading Fast

Numbers plummet as WWF calls for quick action

Mar 12, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the world's tigers are in grave danger of extinction, reports the BBC. Experts believe tiger numbers have fallen in half over the last 25 years to as few as 3,500 worldwide, the WWF said. The South China tiger and the Sumatran tiger... More »

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endangered species • conservation • India • Sumatra • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • habitat • South China tiger • Sumatran tiger

Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

Carcass of beheaded female discovered outside cage

Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly... More »

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China • animal cruelty • zoo • wildlife • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • Siberian tigers

Elephant Squad Keeps the Peace

Indonesia using novel solution to rampages 

Dec 6, 07 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Conflicts between elephant and man are common in Indonesia, fueled by the establishment of plantations ever-deeper into the Sumatran jungle. Since 2002, 42 people and 100 elephants have died in clashes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Enter the “Flying Squad,” four trained elephants and their keepers who patrol... More »

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Indonesia • elephant • elephant habitat • World Wildlife Fund

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