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WWF in Nepal

Nepal has been a pivotal country for WWF ever since the organization first provided support to conserve the Greater one-horned rhinoceros and the Bengal tiger in the late 1960s.

WWF has been involved in landscape level conservation projects in the Himalayas and the Terai. In Nepal, WWF's focus has been on species, forests, climate change, and freshwater.

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Cool Climate Posters

Coolest Posters on the Hottest Issue

Our friends at good50x70 and their community of talented designers have created a superb collection of art posters on the issue of Climate Change. Check out their stunning collection of designs, and grab a few for your desktop!

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Climate for Life

More than a billion people directly depend on the Himalayas for survival. Some scientists predict that if climate change is not controlled, the glaciers that provide much of the livelihood from these mountains could be gone in just 25 years.

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News & Publications

Demand for tiger body parts used in traditional Chinese medicine and habitat fragmentation from unsustainable regional infrastructure development have driven the decline of the region’s Indochinese tiger population.

Disappearing Greater Mekong tigers underscore global threats

Posted on 26 January 2010 | 10 comments

Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a new WWF report.

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“Environment and biodiversity are no longer subjects for conservationists and scientists only.  They have to be treated by politicians with as much attention as an economic crisis or upcoming elections,” she said.

Conservation champion Yolanda Kakabadse starts term as WWF President

Posted on 12 January 2010 | 7 comments

Gland, Switzerland - WWF’s new President, Yolanda Kakabadse, says humans and nature have a shared interest in protecting the environment, arguing that politicians should give conservation issues as much attention as an economic crisis.

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Mass 'Climate Shame' demonstration outside the Klimaforum temporary building, where all NGO's set up a new base after being denied further access to the Bella Centre.

Copenhagen Accord: half-baked text and unclear substance

Posted on 19 December 2009

The UN climate talks in Copenhagen were inches away from total failure and ended with an outcome far too weak to tackle dangerous climate change, WWF said today. “Copenhagen was at the brink of failure due to poor leadership combined with an ...

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