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Paul Naylor is an marine biologist and underwater photographer, who aims to increase the understanding of what amazing wildlife lurks beneath the waves around our coastlines. His 'Sunstar in Brittlestar Bed' was Highly Commended in the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards.
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From the field Angelique Todd has spent the past 15 years working as a WWF primate specialist in the Central African Republic – specifically in Dzanga-Sangha, one of the last strongholds for iconic species like forest elephants and lowland gorillas. Six weeks ago, a government coup in the country turned her life, and our vital conservation work, upside-down [...]
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From the field I’ve got some good news to share with you – we’ve managed to block a plan to mine in a sacred forest! You may remember that there was a proposal to mine in the Mrima forest. This was really worrying because the forest is rich in wildlife, a globally important area for birds and also [...]
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From the field In Khmer, Prey Meas means Gold Forest. It’s also the name of a vibrant community inside the southern boundary of Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (PPWS). Although technically illegal, it pre-dates the establishment of the sanctuary and so, realistically, it’s here to say. In some ways it’s like many other small rural communities in Mondulkiri, with [...]
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Paul Naylor is an marine biologist and underwater photographer, who aims to increase the understanding of what amazing wildlife lurks beneath the waves around our coastlines. His ‘Sunstar in Brittlestar Bed’ was Highly Commended in the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards.
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Hilarious blog post from TV presenter and marine biologist Monty Halls – who ran the London Marathon this year for WWF – revealing the truth about the chafing, the cheering, and how he nearly won (but not quite…) “I type this in my dressing gown from my kitchen, sipping a cup of tea and muttering [...]
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Chiclob is a small community in the north-east corner of the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary (PPWS). During 2012 it was one of four communities in PPWS to be granted its own Community Protected Area (CPA). This legal status gives them rights over a block of forest, in this case of 2,989 hectares, for the next [...]
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Indonesia has the second largest natural tropical forests on the planet and these have endured continual threats from illegal logging and unsustainable practices for decades. WWF and many other local and international groups are working to turn these problems around to ensure ‘High Conservation Value Forests’ are left standing. It would be great to think [...]
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Earth Hour. It’s probably what I love about WWF more than anything else. It inspires me. It makes me feel proud to be a part of this organisation. Why? Well, because WWF’s Earth Hour is about bringing people together – millions of people across the world sharing a common cause and a common sense of [...]
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World Water Day 2012 marked the start of our freshwater partnership with Coca-Cola. Our work together focusses on delivering the objectives of the Water Framework Directive to get our rivers – particularly the globally rare English chalk stream – back into good health. Over the last year I’ve spent a lot of time in Norfolk, [...]
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I’m in Tromsø in Norway this week, which is north of the Arctic circle. WWF has brought together some of the world’s leading polar bear experts from Russia, Norway, Greenland, Canada and Alaska in the US – the polar bear ‘range states’ – for a workshop at the Fram High North Research Centre for Climate [...]
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