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For Earth Hour 2012, WWF Russia and various celebrities created I WILL IF YOU WILL challenges, asking citizens to add their voice to a petition to better protect the country’s seas from oil pollution.
In the three weeks surrounding Earth Hour, more than 122,000 signatures were generated and the petition was presented to the Russian State Duma. Today the law to protect Russia’s seas was successfully passed in Parliament!
This is a huge result from WWF Russia and shows that the I WILL IF YOU WILL campaign and Earth Hour can achieve great outcomes for our planet. We hope this inspires people from all over the world to get involved in our movement in 2013 and to Dare the World to Save the Planet. -
Yesterday was International Tiger Day, so we’re bringing attention to the fact trade in Tigers and their body parts continues to thrive in Asia and other parts of the world. WWF recently released its Wildlife Crime Scorecard, grading countries’ efforts in curbing the illicit trade of rhino horn, tiger parts and elephant ivory. Wild tiger numbers have declined from about 100000 in the early 1900s to as few as 3200 today. Reblog if you’d like to see all tiger poachers turned into tiger protectors. (Image: Adam Oswell/WWF-Canon)
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Best part of Earth Hour 2012? We reckon it might be the fact the event took place in Libya for the first time. Read the inspirational story of how it came about here
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Good News: A Victory for the Grand Canyon
The Obama administration announced today measures that will protect the Grand Canyon from future mining activities on over a million acres of public land. In particular, today’s decision to institute a mining moratorium will foreclose against the permitting of new uranium mines in the Grand Canyon area. Read more.
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© Michel Roggo / WWF-Canon
One of the most important topics of the climate change talks in Durban centres around Brazil’s rainforests.Brazil houses 30 percent of the remaining tropical rain forest on Earth, and has been a global leader in conservation and reducing emissions.
The country’s policymakers are considering changes to laws which would remove protection from an area equal to the size of France and the UK.
Forests are critical for people and wildlife, and also crucial to helping prevent runaway climate change.
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© Murat Selam / WWF Nepal
The nations of Bhutan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh have signed a regional climate change adaptation declaration that will see wide-ranging collaboration on energy, water, food and biodiversity issues. The deal could lead the way to similar climate adaptation plans being implemented for other threatened ecosystems.
“…our economy is only as healthy as the ecosystem services and natural resources that sustain our life on earth…” Bhutan’s Prime Minister, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley.
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Surfer Grabs, Saves Great White Shark
When the words “surfer” and “shark” appear together in a headline, the news usually concerns a bloody encounter. But in Venice Beach, California, a few days ago, video footage captured something remarkable: surfers grabbing and saving a great white shark.
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You say tomato, I say code violation: Judge wages war against urban gardener
Memphis high school teacher’s Adam Guerrero’s urban garden is deemed as a ‘nuisance’ by a local judge. Find out how you can help overturn a ruling that will force Guerrero to dismantle his educational eco-system. -
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Watch a 15-minute clip of DIRTY BUSINESS, an investigative documentary from the Center for Investigative Reporting that reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and explores the murky realities of “clean coal” technology.
(via climateadaptation)
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The Economist asks: Should the Keystone XL pipeline be approved?
