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Chinese Food Blogger Fined Rs 15 Lakh After Illegally Cooking, Eating Great White Shark
The blogger can be seen posing with the about six-foot-long shark in front of a store in the video. The animal's head is cooked in a stew while the body is cut in half, seasoned and grilled.
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Human Activity Has Wiped Out Nearly 70% Of World's Wildlife In Just 50 Years: Report
Human activity has wiped out an average of 69% of the world's wildlife in just under 50 years, according to a report published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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Google, BMW, Volvo Sign Call For Temporary Ban On Deep-Sea Mining
Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung SDI are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the WWF said on Wednesday.
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Two Rare White Tiger Cubs Find New Home In Nicaragua
Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo, where the playful pair will join a menagerie of rare big cat species.
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Malaysia's Last Male Sumatran Rhino Dies, Fewer Than 80 Left In World
Malaysia's last surviving male Sumatran rhino died Monday, wildlife officials said, leaving behind only one female in the country and pushing the critically-endangered species closer to extinction.
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Lights Go Out Around The World For 10th Earth Hour
The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. Prominent buildings and monuments in India including the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan turned dark for the occasion.
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Blog: At 11 Tonight, The Dinosaurs Arrived. Look What We Did
So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...
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Obama To Open Post-Presidency Office In World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
President Barack Obama has been determining what he'll work on once he leaves the White House and now he has a place to do it.
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Apple Just Found a New Way to Make People Care About the Planet
Money spent buying one of the 27 Apps for Earth apps, or making purchases within them, will support the World Wildlife Fund.
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3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund
India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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Elephants: The Forgotten Giants At Africa China Summit
When the Chinese president and African leaders meet this week to bolster economic ties, the elephant in the room will be the trade in ivory and conservationists want the issue on the table.
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Half of Marine Life Wiped Out in 40 Years: World Wildlife Fund Report
Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released Wednesday.
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Hurrah, Kaziranga Count Shows More Rhinos. But There's Bad News Too.
Kaziranga, the world's biggest reserve for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, purveyed great news recently - a headcount showed 2401 rhinos, up from 2013's count of 2,329.
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Delhi to Observe Ninth Edition of Earth Hour on Saturday
Seeking to spread the message of energy conservation, on Saturday, Delhiites will join a billion people in over 6,000 cities across the globe to observe the Earth Hour by switching off their electrical appliances between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm.
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Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking
International police organisation Interpol announced on Tuesday it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.
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Chinese Food Blogger Fined Rs 15 Lakh After Illegally Cooking, Eating Great White Shark
The blogger can be seen posing with the about six-foot-long shark in front of a store in the video. The animal's head is cooked in a stew while the body is cut in half, seasoned and grilled.
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Human Activity Has Wiped Out Nearly 70% Of World's Wildlife In Just 50 Years: Report
Human activity has wiped out an average of 69% of the world's wildlife in just under 50 years, according to a report published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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Google, BMW, Volvo Sign Call For Temporary Ban On Deep-Sea Mining
Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung SDI are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the WWF said on Wednesday.
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Two Rare White Tiger Cubs Find New Home In Nicaragua
Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo, where the playful pair will join a menagerie of rare big cat species.
-
Malaysia's Last Male Sumatran Rhino Dies, Fewer Than 80 Left In World
Malaysia's last surviving male Sumatran rhino died Monday, wildlife officials said, leaving behind only one female in the country and pushing the critically-endangered species closer to extinction.
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Lights Go Out Around The World For 10th Earth Hour
The lights are being switched off around the world at 8:30 pm on Saturday evening, to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, and to draw attention to climate change. Prominent buildings and monuments in India including the India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhavan turned dark for the occasion.
-
Blog: At 11 Tonight, The Dinosaurs Arrived. Look What We Did
So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...
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Obama To Open Post-Presidency Office In World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
President Barack Obama has been determining what he'll work on once he leaves the White House and now he has a place to do it.
-
Apple Just Found a New Way to Make People Care About the Planet
Money spent buying one of the 27 Apps for Earth apps, or making purchases within them, will support the World Wildlife Fund.
-
3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund
India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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Elephants: The Forgotten Giants At Africa China Summit
When the Chinese president and African leaders meet this week to bolster economic ties, the elephant in the room will be the trade in ivory and conservationists want the issue on the table.
-
Half of Marine Life Wiped Out in 40 Years: World Wildlife Fund Report
Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released Wednesday.
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Hurrah, Kaziranga Count Shows More Rhinos. But There's Bad News Too.
Kaziranga, the world's biggest reserve for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, purveyed great news recently - a headcount showed 2401 rhinos, up from 2013's count of 2,329.
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Delhi to Observe Ninth Edition of Earth Hour on Saturday
Seeking to spread the message of energy conservation, on Saturday, Delhiites will join a billion people in over 6,000 cities across the globe to observe the Earth Hour by switching off their electrical appliances between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm.
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Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking
International police organisation Interpol announced on Tuesday it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.
