Conservation Groups Launch Global Freshwater Fish BioBlitz, Inviting 'Citizen Scientists' to Help Monitor Fish Species
January 31, 2014 15:08 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 'Global Freshwater Fish BioBlitz' kicks off on World Wetlands Day to engage nature lovers in freshwater fish conservation. The Freshwater Fish...
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Donates $3 Million to Help WWF Double Nepal's Tiger Population
November 21, 2013 10:12 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the third anniversary of the historic Global Tiger Summit the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...
Leading global brand companies join with WWF to encourage responsible development of plant-based plastics
November 19, 2013 03:03 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
PARIS, FRANCE, Nov. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eight of the world's leading consumer brand companies and conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced the formation of the Bioplastic...
WWF Praises U.S. Ivory Crush, Calls for U.S. Ivory Moratorium
November 14, 2013 18:59 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
DENVER, Nov. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today released the following statement from President and CEO Carter Roberts in response to the U.S. Ivory Crush carried out by the...
Rediscovery of Saola: 'Asian Unicorn' Sighted in Vietnam after 15 years
November 13, 2013 09:22 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hanoi, Vietnam – The saola, one of the rarest and most threatened mammals on the planet, has been photographed in Vietnam for the first time in the...
WWF Hosts Charitybuzz Holiday Auction
November 12, 2013 11:06 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is excited to announce a first-ever online auction with Charitybuzz aimed at raising funds for WWF's global conservation...
Monkey that Purrs like a Cat is Among New Species Discovered in Amazon Rainforest
November 06, 2013 09:25 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At least 441 new species of animals and plants have been discovered over a four year period in the vast, underexplored rainforest of the Amazon, including...
RICHARDSON CENTER, WWF AND AFRICAN PARKS LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING TO PROTECT AFRICAN WILDLIFE
October 31, 2013 12:09 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Richardson Center for Global Engagement and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) co-hosted a forum today about the best ways to integrate state-of-the-art...
Music For Relief and WWF Launch Campaign to Bring Biogas-Powered Cookstoves to Nepal
October 22, 2013 12:39 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Music For Relief (MFR) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today launched a campaign to raise necessary funds to provide an entire village in the Himalayan...
Catalyst, Coca-Cola, HP, Johnson & Johnson, and National Geographic Announce Goals to Combat Climate Change
October 10, 2013 16:50 ET
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World Wildlife Fund
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Some of the world's most iconic global corporations announced commitments to combat climate change today at the Climate Savers Power of Power Business...