Posted in Featured tours, WWF news on Aug 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Two hundred years ago, Lewis and Clark traveled through the Northern Great Plains and found an abundance of life rivaling the African savanna. Millions of bison, pronghorn and elk grazed an endless sea of grass, watched by prairie wolves, grizzlies and other predators. Immense flocks of birds colored the big, open sky. Join WWF in [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 24th, 2011 2 Comments »
Our members share with us their top picks for destinations that make them value nature the most—from as far away as the rock islands of Palau to their very own backyards. Leave a comment and let us know where you most like to enjoy nature. “Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania … lots of diverse wildlife very [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
WWF was awarded its largest-ever grant for work in one country — a $30 million grant from USAID for implementation of a conservation program in Nepal. The overall goal of the program, which is titled “Hariyo Ban Nepal ko Dhan” (“Green forests; wealth of Nepal”) is to reduce adverse impacts of climate change and threats [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 18th, 2011 No Comments »
For the second consecutive year, WWF’s primary conservation travel partner, Natural Habitat Adventures was chosen as Outside Magazine’s No. 1 best outdoors company in the United States. The magazine annually ranks companies based on employee satisfaction and company offerings. Like WWF, Natural Habitat’s offices are eco-friendly, with an on-site health club, extensive recycling and composting [...]
Posted in WWF news on Aug 16th, 2011 2 Comments »
On July 30, the Chelsea Teddy Bear Company broke a Guinness World Record for “World’s Largest Teddy Bear Mosaic” by reproducing the WWF logo out of thousands of teddy bears in Chelsea, Mich. The effort helped celebrate WWF’s 50th anniversary. Children were encouraged to bring their own stuffed animals to help break the record. Read [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jul 28th, 2011 No Comments »
The third in our summer series introducing you to WWF employees as passionate about seeing the world’s wild places as they are about protecting them. Brendan Rohr, Media Relations Specialist, chats with us about his most exciting animal encounter and why he’ll always love the Florida Keys. How did you catch the travel bug? I was [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jul 26th, 2011 No Comments »
SPECIES The number of Monarch butterflies in the Midwestern United States is decreasing, because of less milkweed. That is likely one reason the number of Monarchs migrating to the central Mexican highlands each winter have decreased over the past 17 years. Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 30th, 2011 No Comments »
Orangutan and pygmy elephant survival in the Heart of Borneo received a major boost with the certification of nearly 300,000 hectares of important habitat in the forest reserves of Ulu Segama-Malua and Tangkulap-Pinangah, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – an independent not-for-profit organization – certified the sites, which [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 24th, 2011 No Comments »
WWF considers Coastal East Africa one of its priority places for protection. The area is threatened by overfishing, unregulated and unsustainable timber harvesting and wildlife trade. For more than 45 years WWF has addressed the problems facing East Africa by working to establish new national parks, empower communities to manage their own natural resources and [...]
Posted in WWF news on Jun 15th, 2011 1 Comment »
Learn more about our Among the Great Whales expedition in Baja California during an online seminar tomorrow, June 16, from 7 – 8 p.m. EST. Discover why Baja California, which Jacques Cousteau described as “the world’s aquarium”, should be on every traveler’s must-visit list. Register now.