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Action alerts and updates from WWF - the global conservation organization

Boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna ? before it?s too late
29 Jul 2008 at 12:00am
Mediterranean bluefin tuna is on the brink of commercial and biological collapse, driven by the uncontrolled demand for its high quality meat for sushi around the world.
Plant a seed, save a planet
6 Jun 2008 at 12:00am
It's the smallest thing but possibly the grandest gesture you can do today. Plant a tree seed.
Polar bear takes people's pleas for strong climate bill to the Scottish Gover...
25 Apr 2008 at 12:00am
Thousands of messages calling for Scotland to lead the way on climate change were presented to the Scottish Government on 23 April by a polar bear and a WWF volunteer to mark the final day of the consultation on a Climate Change Bill for Scotland.
Thank Some Cool Companies
3 Apr 2008 at 12:00am
If you're looking for some hopeful news about global warming, here it is: by 2010, 15 major international companies will have collectively cut their carbon emissions by some 13 million tonnes annually.
Pressure to save the Baltic Sea is rising
11 Dec 2007 at 12:00am
In the summer of 2007, WWF and partner organizations around the Baltic Sea embarked on a campaign to stop eutrophication of the Baltic and to challenge the accountability of the political leadership in the Baltic Sea states.
Thank you for helping protect the dolphins!
20 Nov 2007 at 12:00am
In late 2007, thousands of Passport holders signed our petition asking the New Zealand government to save Hector's and Maui's dolphins from extinction.
Illegal construction stopped in some of Bulgaria?s protected areas, but other...
19 Nov 2007 at 12:00am
In February 2007 we asked you to write to the Bulgarian authorities calling on them to protect the country?s natural treasures, which are being lost due to illegal construction of holiday homes, hotels, villas and ski resorts.
Success! Peru's mahogany quota reduced
30 Jul 2007 at 12:00am
In February 2007 more than 12,000 Passport activists sent emails urging the Peruvian government to take immediate measures to conserve and sustainably manage big-leaf mahogany.
Breeding tigers for trade soundly rejected
9 Jul 2007 at 12:00am
In a major victory for conservation, raising captive tigers for trade in their parts was rejected by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in The Hague in June 2007.
Good news for sustainable living in Portugal
31 Dec 2006 at 12:00am
Mata de Sesimbra in Portugal is the first of five flagship 'One Planet Living' communities, one in each continent of the world, which will have sustainable ecological footprints yet maintain high standards of living.

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