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WWF Celebrates National Sweater Day on February 9

After a hugely successful 2011 event, WWF will again celebrate National Sweater Day, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, on February 9, 2012. With National Sweater Day, WWF is calling on Canadians to turn down the thermostat and put on a sweater for the day to show their commitment to the environment. Across the country, Canadians can participate in a variety of fun ways. Workplaces can have a casual day to engage with staff at all...

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WWF holding Gharana Wetland ‘Birding Fair’

Jammu, February 01 (Scoop News) – The WWF-India , in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Forest Government of India, Centre for Environment Education and Paryavaran Mitra, is organizing Gharana Wetland Birding Fair to mark the World Wetland Day . World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year across the globe on February 2. The bird fair is being organized at Gharana to highlight the rich variety of migratory birds found on...

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Sumatran elephant population plunges; WWF calls for moratorium on deforestation

The Sumatran elephant subspecies (Elephas maximus sumatranus) was downgraded to critically endangered on IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species on Tuesday, prompting environmental group WWF to call for an immediate moratorium on destruction of its rainforest habitat, which is being rapidly lost to oil palm estates, timber plantations for pulp and paper production, and agricultural use.

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Sumatra elephant faces extinction in 30 years: WWF

JAKARTA (AFP) - Sumatran elephants in the wild face extinction in less than 30 years unless there is an 'immediate moratorium' on destruction of the animals' habitat, environmental group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned on Tuesday. Related StoriesMalaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant in BorneoTriple 'dragon' family hopes for threefold luck this yearSecurity tightened in Thailand for Chinese New Year celebrationsGunmen kill 15 Philippine...

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Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction: WWF

(Reuters) - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of

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Illegal Wildlife Trade: 11 Of The Dumbest Animal Smugglers (PHOTOS)

By hotbytes2010 on | From hot-bytes.info

Trafficking of illegal wildlife is often said to be the most profitable trade in illegal products, behind drugs and weapons. While those numbers are difficult to track and some criticize the estimates as unreliable, the fact still remains: Illicit animal smuggling is a cruel and careless practice that destroys the environment, threatens species already critically endangered and lucratively bankrolls criminals. According to Traffic, the wildlife trade monitoring network, smuggled animals are...Read Full Story

Criminal gangs cash in on primate smuggling through Egypt

By urbanprimate on | From whogivesamonkeys.com

primate smuggling on the increase says PASA Over the weekend a meeting held by conservationists from the UK and America took place at Chester Zoo . The event organised by Fauna and Flora International (FFI) North-West group, highlighted growing concerns that the number of endangered species being smuggled out of Africa, in particular primates, are being trafficked by international criminal gangs already involved in drugs and arms. These gangs are combining their efforts to smuggle exotic...Read Full Story

Maldives join to fight illegal wildlife trade

By saramad on | From talkmaldives.com

As a member of SAARC nation, Maldives has agreed to work jointly to tackle the region's illegal wildlife trade that has assumed alarming proportions. Maldives as a tiny small country with absultely no wildlife activity could still play a part in the process when and where necessary. The important points include co-operation and co-ordination, effective legislation policies and law enforcement, sharing knowledge and effective dissemination of information, sustainability of legal trade and...Read Full Story

Wildlife Trafficking

By urbanprimate on | From whogivesamonkeys.com

Each year more than a quarter of a million smuggled animals are seized by Brazil’s special police task force. The fight against this illegal trade is one, the authorities say, they are winning. According to the special environmental police battalion, it has cut the traffic in exotic animals onto the market by 80 per cent compared to last year. They say this illegal trade, is the third most lucrative criminal activity in Brazil, after the sale of arms and drugs. What Colombia is to cocaine...Read Full Story

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On The Destiny Of Species

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Eu Wildlife Trade

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Defenders Of Wildlife - Wildlife Trade

Cites And International Wildlife Trade

Wildlife Trade And Conservation

Wildlife Trade Campaign - Wwf Thailand

Wwf-Uk: Stop The Illegal Wildlife Trade

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