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World Wildlife Fund.(Words In The News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 3/12/2004; 49 words ; * World Wildlife Fund (page 3). The WWF is a global group formed in 1961 to protect the world's wildlife. The group has three main goals: to protect endangered species, to save endangered species, and to address global threats. WWF... Read more
GINETTE HEMLEY.(vice president of the World Wildlife Fund Ginette Hemley)(Interview)
Magazine article from: E; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Wildlife Warrior In a photograph...conservation at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is casting...for Defenders of Wildlife and the World Conservation Union...ironically, the word wildlife just doesn't translate...in most of the world, WWF is called The Worldwide Fund ... Read more
Driving the mission home. (World Wildlife Fund Pres. and CEO Kathryn Fuller)
Magazine article from: Association Management; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; World Wildlife Fund's Kathryn Fuller talks about saving the world - or just your market niche. What can...and chief executive officer of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Washington, D.C. Don't worry about... Read more
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network, World Wildlife Fund's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests.(Business Brief)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 7/21/2008; 62 words ; Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network, World Wildlife Fund's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. Wal-Mart has committed to phasing out illegal and unwanted wood sources from its supply... Read more
World Wildlife Fund.(Congo Basin tropical forest conservation)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: American Forests; 1/1/2007; 91 words ; The World Wildlife Fund is warning that the world's second largest tropical forest, the Congo Basin, could lose two-thirds of its forests within 50 years if logging and mineral... Read more
Action (addresses of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), resources and publications).
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 3/1/1997; 552 words ; AOTEAROA/NZ World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Education and...Fax: 202 293 9211. Wildlife Conservation Society...endangerment. INTERNATIONAL The World Conservation Union...list is done by the World Conservation Monitoring...uncompromising perspective. Third World Network, 87 ... Read more
Fishermen dispute report stating skates are scarce; auction manager challenges World Wildlife Fund assertion, says Irish Sea stocks thriving.(International)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Fisherman; 4/1/2005; ; 236 words ; In January, the World Wildlife Fund issued a report claiming that many species around Great Britain and...Britain no doubt support an ecosystem approach to management, as the fund advocates. And the industry there supports conservation measures... Read more
Pandas pin wrestlers: World Wildlife Fund wins rights to WWF. (Branding).(World Wrestling Federation name changed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE))(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Non-profit Times; 7/1/2002; ; 377 words ; ...ruling that it breached its 1994 contract with the World Wildlife Fund International, the World Wrestling Federation opted to change its name...name any more than it already has, despite the fund's concerns about a clearer distinction. At the... Read more
The World Wildlife Fund Atlas of the Environment.
Magazine article from: American Forests; 3/1/1991; ; 591 words ; The World Wildlife Fund Atlas of the Environment...alone contain a third of the world's plant matter, although...tropical rainforests. Since the world contains much more conifer...assigning a third of the world's plant biomass to rainforests... Read more
BOTTLED HYPE?(report by the World Wildlife Fund on the health claims of bottled water)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: E; 9/1/2001; ; 177 words ; ...the featured water of the month. But last April, a World Wildlife Fund study questioned the health claims of bottled water...water's quality is consistent, he says. CONTACT: World Wildlife Fund, (202)293-4800, www.worldwildlife.org. Read more

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