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Kingpin behind bars for poaching chimps 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A man who has admitted trafficking over 500 endangered chimpanzees out of the West African country Republic of Guinea has been captured and sentenced to the maximum possible jail term and a fine, acco...
WWF's flying squad elephant gives birth to a female calf 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Pekanbaru, Indonesia: A female elephant calf has been born to the elephant Flying Squad in Indonesia's Tesso Nilo National Park. The calf's mother is part of an elite team of critically endangered Su...
Trap nets in the Okhotsk sea threaten rare grey whales 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"There's been numerous accidents of marine mammals, including grey whales, caught in fishing nets and later reported deseased. Observers, based in the area of the lighthouse on the shore of Piltun gul...
Virunga's hydropower potential 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Virunga National Park's first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity this week. The Mutwanga hydroelectric facility will provide clean energy to rural communities that depend on Africa's...
In the red for the rest of 2013: humanity's demands exceed Earth's carrying capacity 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Gland, Switzerland: Today, 20 August, is Earth Overshoot Day – when humanity has used as much renewable natural resources as our planet can regenerate in one year. For the rest of 2013, we are "in the...
WWF welcomes "game changer" initiative in salmon farm sustainability 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Gland, Switzerland – WWF has welcomed the creation of a new salmon aquaculture sustainability initiative as the precursor to continued and dramatic reductions in the environmental and social impacts o...
New Zealand's one billion dollar investment in fossil fuels dangerous for our future, says WWF report 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Wellington: A new WWF report released today shows that two of the largest state-owned investment agencies in New Zealand have over a billion NZ dollars (1 NZD = 0.803805 USD) invested in the fossil fu...
Gabon arrests notorious ivory trafficker - for the third time 14 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Libreville, Gabon: A wildlife trafficker believed to be responsible for the death of hundreds of elephants was arrested for the third time in as many years in Gabon this weekend. This is a unique opp...
Sustainability certifiers urged to follow Forest Stewardship Council lead on APRIL deforestation 13 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Jakarta: Leading environment groups WWF, Greenpeace and the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) have called on other forest industry certification schemes to cut ties with leading SE Asia deforester Asia ...
Legal reform must shut down Thailand's ivory trade 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Bangkok, Thailand – On World Elephant Day (August 12), WWF and TRAFFIC urge Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to ensure legal reform, including steps outlined in Thailand's national ivor...
