Posted in WWF news on Jan 29th, 2010 No Comments »
We recently took a look at the top UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves that we’ll visit on tours in 2010. But what about UNESCO’s more famous designation, the honor of World Heritage Site?
Unlike a World Biosphere Reserve, which is a protected areas demonstrating a balanced relationship between man and nature, a World Heritage Site [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jan 28th, 2010 No Comments »
An astonishing amount of economic development and a growing population have turned China into a region struggling to manage the resulting environmental challenges. WWF was the first environmental group invited by the government to work in China 30 years ago. From restoring the Yangtze River wetlands to environmental education and panda conservation, WWF seeks to [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Jan 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Stacy Fiorentinos has been on dozens of wildlife safaris, but she remembers the first night she slept on the plains of Africa as if it happened last night, not 22 years ago.
Stacy was on her first outing in the Maasai Mara Reserve in southwestern Kenya. She spent the day rumbling across the dusty savannah in [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jan 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
WWF is praising the Peruvian government’s announcement last week that it will increase funding to Amazon conservation efforts and boost its protection of the vital rain forest.
The Peruvian National Park Service is planning to allocate nearly $300,000 to boost protection of an area larger than the nation of El Salvador. This region, called the Purus [...]
Posted in Photography on Jan 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
A voyage throughout the warm, calm waters of the South Pacific are just the antidote for the winter blahs. Let us take you there – if not aboard the expedition ship the Clipper Odyssey, then in the least through this photo slideshow.
Get there in person during WWF’s “Bridging the Equator: Micronesia to Polynesia” voyage September [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Jan 20th, 2010 No Comments »
10. The first panda came to the United States in 1936 – a cub to a zoo in Chicago. It took another 50 years before the States would see another.
9. A newborn panda cub is 1/900th the size of its mother and is comparable to the length of a stick of butter.
8. A panda’s paw [...]
Posted in Featured tours, Wildlife on Jan 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Moving through the bush in complete darkness, a leopard’s hunting success depends on utter silence – something that John Chibwantu learned first-hand one cool August night after dinner.
Chibwantu is one of the top safari leaders in Zambia’s Kafue National Park. Having led tours there for more than a quarter-century, he shared an excerpt from his [...]
Posted in Travel tips on Jan 16th, 2010 No Comments »
When shopping during your vacation, take a tote or backpack so you won’t need a plastic bag.
Posted in Photography on Jan 15th, 2010 No Comments »
“It was just after breakfast when our expedition leader called via the intercom and told us to come out to the observation deck. There was a large pod of common dolphins just ahead of the ship. They were jumping clear out of the water. Our naturalists, who were just as excited as we were, said [...]
Posted in Active Adventures, Photography on Jan 14th, 2010 No Comments »
The WWF /Freund Factory Expedition is an 18-month photojournalistic exploration of the heart of the Coral Triangle, investigating the connectivity between the wildlife and peoples of the region and the threats they face. Photographer Jürgen Freund and book/documentary producer Stella Chiu-Freund are leading the effort.
Our colleagues at WWF-International have posted a gorgeous photo gallery of [...]