http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_Wide_Fund_for_NatureFind stories, videos, and photos about World Wide Fund for Nature from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:36 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature14433Find stories, videos, and photos about World Wide Fund for Nature from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/11/23/climate.report.wwf.allianz/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/11/23/climate.report.wwf.allianz/index.html#cnnSTCTextA possible rise in sea levels by 0.5 meters by 2050 could put at risk more than $28 trillion worth of assets in the world's largest coastal cities, according to a report compiled for the insurance industry.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/orangutan.sumatra/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/orangutan.sumatra/index.html#cnnSTCTextA loud crack echoes throughout the canopy as two young orangutans come tumbling down, grasping at branches along the way to break their fall. They recover and sheepishly scamper back up.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/climate.arctic.sea.ice.melt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/15/climate.arctic.sea.ice.melt/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer within a decade.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.species/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/09/26/mekong.species/index.html#cnnSTCTextA frog that eats birds and a gecko with leopard stripes are among the 163 new species discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/11/eco.himalayas.newspecies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/11/eco.himalayas.newspecies/index.html#cnnSTCTextOver 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate change.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is the life blood for tens of millions of people -- but the mighty Mekong River in southeast Asia is now facing a "devastating" threat from not one, but 11 proposed dams.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/01/eco.northwestpassage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/01/eco.northwestpassage/index.html#cnnSTCTextA small band of sailors are facing a summer of raging Arctic storms, cramped quarters and soggy clothes in their search for the human face of climate change.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/12/coral.triangle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/12/coral.triangle/index.html#cnnSTCTextExperts have warned that the richly diverse coral reefs of the Coral Triangle around southeast Asia will disappear by the end of the century if action is not taken against climate change.Wed, 13 May 2009 04:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/eco.charitycampaigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/eco.charitycampaigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost of us have grown used to conservation charities putting charismatic animals front and center of their fundraising campaigns.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/16/rat.mekong/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/16/rat.mekong/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rat believed to be extinct for 11 million years, a spider with a foot-long legspan, and a hot pink cyanide-producing "dragon millipede" are among the thousand newly discovered species in the largely unexplored Mekong Delta region.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:53:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/news/companies/corporate_green.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/news/companies/corporate_green.fortune/index.htmSome environmentalists attack bottled water. Not Conservation International, a Virginia-based nonprofit that aims to protect the earth's biodiversity.Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/technology/coke_sustainability.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/technology/coke_sustainability.fortune/index.htmCan a company grow and shrink at the same time?Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/wwf.climate.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/wwf.climate.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextClimate change is happening faster than previously predicted according to a new World Wildlife Fund report.Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/eco.natural.killers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/eco.natural.killers/index.html#cnnSTCTextSetting one species up to scare off or even kill another is nothing new.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/eco.fisheries/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/eco.fisheries/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt seemed like a bolt from the blue.Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/eco.quiz/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/eco.quiz/index.html#cnnSTCTextHow much fish caught worldwide each year gets thrown back in the sea dead or dying?Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/eco.megafishes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/eco.megafishes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey might not be as cute as pandas but the threats facing the world's giant freshwater fish need to be taken just as seriously -- in fact more so, according to Dr. Zeb Hogan.Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/08/21/news/companies/palm_oil.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/08/21/news/companies/palm_oil.fortune/index.htmWhat do Oreo cookies made by Nabisco, Cheez-It crackers from Kellogg's or General Mills' Fiber One Chewy Bars have to do with global warming and the destruction of tropical rainforests? A lot, say environmental activists.Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:52:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813192,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1813192,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsChina consumes more than double what its natural resources can supply, a report by Chinese and international environmentalists said TuesdayTue, 10 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/16/wildlife.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/16/wildlife.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of the human impact on the environment, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.Fri, 16 May 2008 16:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/china.pandas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/china.pandas/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/missing.tourists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/missing.tourists/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwelve American ecotourists who went missing Monday in China's earthquake used a satellite phone to let their loved ones know they are alive and well, an official said Wednesday.Thu, 15 May 2008 10:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/16/db.telepresence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/16/db.telepresence/index.html#cnnSTCTextBusiness travel sucks. It sucks energy, it sucks time, and mostly it just sucks. We're stuck with it because nothing beats a physical presence. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/habitatloss.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/11/habitatloss.overview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Amazon rainforest is so vast and full of life that even its defenders don't know exactly what it is they are protecting.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/eco.aboutfishing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/eco.aboutfishing/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is commonly said that we know more about the Moon than the deep blue sea. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:47:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1725947,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1725947,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn Saturday, March 29, people all over the world turned off their lights for one hour. Why?Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/panda.love/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/panda.love/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnimal handlers in China have developed a "sexercise" program to try to encourage extinction-threatened pandas to overcome their notoriously low sex drives.Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/java.gibbon.impact/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/java.gibbon.impact/index.html#cnnSTCTextPrimatologist Dr. Jatna Supriatna scans the treetops in a national park on the island of Java, looking for gibbons. This area is home to about 150 of the remaining 4,000 Java gibbons. These highly acrobatic creatures are easy prey on the ground and live well above it in the jungle canopy.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/china.tigers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/china.tigers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe wild population of all tigers -- including Bengal, Sumatran, Siberian and Indochinese tigers -- stands at a maximum of 7,000 and a minimum of 5,000, according to figures from the World Wildlife Fund.Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/vietnam.tigers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/vietnam.tigers/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Vietnamese woman caught cooking a tiger carcass was sentenced to two and a half years in jail, state media reported Thursday.Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/bangladesh.dolphin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/bangladesh.dolphin/index.html#cnnSTCTextFishermen in Bangladesh beat a rare river dolphin to death because they had not seen "this kind of creature before," according to local news accounts.Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:28:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707121,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707121,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe demands of the global food and energy market may literally be eating away at the world's largest single natural absorber of carbon dioxideFri, 25 Jan 2008 22:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/eco.about.ships/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/eco.about.ships/index.html#cnnSTCTextUp until very recently, conventional wisdom held that shipping was a minor player in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. That all changed in October last year. Leaked details of a report by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) got into the press, and revealed an uncomfortable truth about the shipping industry -- its emissions could be double the amount everyone previously believed. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:51:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695282,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695282,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermenMon, 17 Dec 2007 13:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/15/lifestyle/world_wildlife_fund_gifts/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/15/lifestyle/world_wildlife_fund_gifts/index.htmThis year, why not put an endangered turtle under the tree?Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/eco.about.rice/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/eco.about.rice/index.html#cnnSTCTextFeed the world's starving. Cure vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Put an end to crop failure. Combat global warming. Such are the promises of genetically modified (GM) rice. But if it all sounds too good to be true, environmentalists say, that's because it is.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOur crushing appetite for carnivorous fish like salmon and tuna depletes the oceans of smaller, feeder fish, and endangers the planet's marine ecologyWed, 19 Sep 2007 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greek.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greek.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA small fleet of foreign planes and helicopters is buzzing around Greece to try to battle dozens of wildfires that have killed at least 64 people.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/28/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith wildfires raging across the countryside, Greece's government says it has enlisted intelligence and counterterrorism agents to foil what it sees as a deliberate plan by arsonists to destroy Greek forests.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/27/greece.fires.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextFirefighters rushed helicopters and buses Monday to evacuate more than two dozen villages threatened by towering walls of flames that had killed 63 people while ravaging swaths of forest and farmland in Greece's worst wildfire disaster in memory.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:49:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655137,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655137,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScrewcapped wines are quickly gaining popularity, and it's got cork producers coming up with new ways to stay on topWed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_water.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_water.fortune/index.htmRecently, I stopped by my neighborhood Exxon station to conduct a price test. A 20-ounce bottle of Aquafina water cost $1.57, including tax. A 20-ounce bottle of Pepsi also cost $1.57. Regular gas sold for $3.05 a gallon.Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:47:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401342/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401342/index.htmTHE CARPET OF SUSHI-GRADE TUNA lining the floor of Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market offers a tempting display of the day's catch for wholesalers willing to bid tens of thousands of dollars for a specime... Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/nepal.helicopter/index.htmlA helicopter with 24 people on board -- including Western aid workers and Nepalese diplomats -- reportedly crashed Saturday in a remote Nepalese village.Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/14/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/14/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htmI think the selling may be tailing off now. We've repriced equities around the globe now to 2005 levels. So it's over baby! (Yeah right.)Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/cnn.connects.panel/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/cnn.connects.panel/index.htmlCNN Connects: The Price of Progress will examine the evaluate the environmental issues posed by China's rapid economic growth. The following are biographies of some of the panelists taking part:Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/indonesia.palm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/indonesia.palm/index.htmlIndonesia has drafted a plan to create the world's largest oil palm plantation, despite warnings from environmental groups that the result could be devastating.Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/21/smartgear/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/21/smartgear/index.htmlAn American living on the south Pacific island of New Caledonia has reeled in a prize of $25,000 to help solve an ocean dilemma.Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/08/earth.overview/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/08/earth.overview/index.htmlIn 1969, the Cuyahoga River flowing past Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire and burned noxious sludge from steel mills, paint factories and sewage plants. In California, an offshore drilling rig stained the coast of Santa Barbara with more than 3 million gallons of crude oil. The skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home to the nation's steel industry, were so dark with soot that drivers sometimes had to turn on their headlights during the day.Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/30/olympic.air/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/30/olympic.air/index.htmlOlympic runner Ryan Tolbert-Jackson is familiar with the effects of smog. She has asthma, which was triggered after she competed at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/06/smartgear/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/06/smartgear/index.htmlFrom sea turtles to whales to dolphins and birds, hundreds of thousands of animals die each year because they become entangled in fishing gear.Thu, 06 May 2004 17:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/07/08/325856/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/07/08/325856/index.htmWhere some people see rising sea levels, worsening storms, and polar bears becoming extinct, Sue Hall sees a business plan. The hard-driving London transplant with a Harvard MBA heads the Climate N...Mon, 08 Jul 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/18/319906/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/18/319906/index.htmDon't mess with the WWF. We mean the World Wildlife Fund, of course. Charging that the wrestlers breached a 1994 name-sharing arrangement, the nature group sued in Britain and won two rounds, raisi...Mon, 18 Mar 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200473/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200473/index.htmEnvironmental charities face mountainous obstacles these days. Donations-up just 2% last year-have leveled off since a surge after the 20th anniversary of Earth Day in 1990. Since these charities r...Thu, 01 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79584/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79584/index.htmThey're either coming off altogether or they're going wild. Dressing down at the office has become more common, so tiemakers have come up with eye-catching reasons to tie the knot. Novelty neckwear...Mon, 25 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/01/88471/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/01/88471/index.htmJust three days after India's killer quake struck last September, Anne-Lise Brown, 30, a project director for the AmeriCares Foundation in New Canaan, Conn., was winging to Bombay. Her mission: to ...Wed, 01 Dec 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/12/01/87655/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/12/01/87655/index.htmFew charities have gone mainstream faster than those that seek to protect the environment. In 1987, environmental groups raised $1.6 billion. Last year, they took in $2.5 billion. Another sign of g...Tue, 01 Dec 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72880/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72880/index.htmTEDDY GRAHAMS One vanishing species the World Wildlife Federation need not get alarmed about: the billions of tiny teddy bear cookies disappearing from supermarket shelves across America. Nabisco's...Mon, 18 Dec 1989 05:01:00 EST