Asking for a Greener World

What could possibly be worse than global warming, the extinction of species, flash floods, illegal logging, shark and turtle bycatch, pollution, and the world coming to a man-made end?

REJECTION!

Anyone in WWF can likely talk your ear off once you get us started on any of the topics above. Talking to someone who’s all ears is one thing, but what a fundraiser does entails asking a total stranger to stop, listen, believe, and THEN give the digits on his or her credit card in support of the cause – now that it is a completely different matter!

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WWF-PHILIPPINES NEWS

Poaching Paradise No More

After nearly two years, justice has been served to the 13 Vietnamese poachers caught with the corpses of 101 endangered Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) near El Nido, northern Palawan, in August of 2008.

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FROM THE NETWORK

Coral Triangle Fishers Respond to Growing Demand for More Responsible Fishing Practices

Bali, Indonesia - Large fishing companies and small-scale fisherfolk in the Coral Triangle, together with fisheries experts and relevant government agencies will gather today for the first time to collaboratively address some of the challenges plaguing this region’s fishing industry, particularly the problem of bycatch.

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