President Dilma’s pen could save or destroy Brazil’s ancient forests.
Join Avaaz, Greenpeace International and WWF as we call on the President to veto the forest code. TAKE ACTION: http://www.avaaz.org/en/veto_dilma_global/?wwf
Click Here to Save the Amazon!
Brazil’s Congress just signed the Amazon’s death sentence, giving loggers freedom to clear-cut huge swaths of rainforest. President Dilma can veto it and is deciding what to do right now — let’s tip her over the edge with a global public outcry to stop the Amazon chainsaw massacre. Sign now!
Launch video from our latest Living Planet Report.
This is a really cool collaboration between kiwi surfers and WWF-New Zealand with the goal to save the endangered Maui dolphin.
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The journey from Open Planet Ideas to +U
An example of how collaborative innovation can bring about social change. Our Open Planet Ideas crowdsourcing initiative has culminated in the launch of the +U mobile volunteering app:
(Source: youtube.com)
What will it take to conserve and protect the Arctic’s last summer sea ice habitat?
On January 25th, Canadian and international Arctic experts from WWF explored that very question. During a brief presentation for a small gathering of our supporters in Toronto, they discussed what it means to conserve the region that holds the future for summer sea ice, both for people and vulnerable species like the polar bear. This is the Last Ice Area.
More info: http://wwf.panda.org/arctic
WWF-New Zealand is taking part in this expedition to raise awareness about the importance of the Southern Ocean marine ecosystem.
This is a great video of the trip so far!
If like WWF’s Lida Pet Soede, you love seafood, chances are the fish on your plate came from the Coral Triangle, the world’s center of marine biodiversity!
Her challenge to you this coming Earth Hour is this: “I will do an underwater rap (yes, it’s possible and it will be fun I promise) if 5,000 people will buy a spot in the Coral Triangle.”
You can do this by logging on to http://wwf.panda.org/mycoraltriangle
Help us stop an environmental catastrophe in Brazil!
Studies reveal that the revised Brazilian Forest Code proposal could have negative effects on an area roughly equivalent to Germany, Italy and Austria combined (more background here).
Send a message to the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff asking her to veto the changes on Brazil’s Forest Law!
http://panda.org/forestlaw
Share on your networks:
TWEET this: “Send an emergency call to #Brazil! Help stop a global catasrophe in the Brazilian rainforest! http://panda.org/forestlaw”
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Sam Smith, Leader of the WWF Climate and Energy Initiative, answers your questions on COP17
Week 2 of the climate negotiations starts today and the main political issues remain unresolved.
Sam Smith, Leader of the WWF Climate and Energy Initiative, is here to answer your questions - both on COP17 and on WWF’s asks.
Post your questions to this page and we will get back to you in a few days with a video interview.
WWF helps teach kids link climate change with biodiversity
Philippines – WWF recently partnered with Banco de Oro Unibank (BDO) in the Philippines to teach public elementary students about both climate change impacts on biodiversity and how they can…
(Source: wwf.panda.org)
Private sector can play an important part in tackling dwindling resources
The involvement of businesses and NGOs in tackling our dwindling resources is essential, says Stuart Orr, but there’s trust to be built.
Five rare wild cat species caught on camera in Sumatra
Pekanbaru, Indonesia – After an amazing five of the seven wild cat species found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra were recently caught on camera in a tract of forest rapidly being lost to…
(Source: wwf.panda.org)
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