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Twenty-Six Elephants Killed in Central African Republic - WWF

21:19 10/05/2013

Suspected ivory poachers have slaughtered 26 elephants in the Dzanga Bai reserve, in the Central African Republic, known as the “village of elephants,” the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on Friday.

Rights Group Slams Order to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’
13:19 30/04/2013
Prosecutors in Russia’s republic of Tatarstan have ordered the Agora human rights group, which has provided legal assistance to people detained at anti-Kremlin protests, to register as a “foreign agent,” a demand it has dismissed as “unlawful.”1
Amur Tiger Returns to Russia After 20-Day Stay in China
11:56 28/03/2013
A large male Amur tiger returned to Russia 20 days after it ventured into China from Russia’s Far East territory, Pavel Fomenko, head of the WWF in the Amur Region, said on Thursday.
Moscow Saves 5 Megawatts of Electricity in Earth Hour
05:47 24/03/2013
Illumination of 90 iconic landmarks in Moscow was switched off for an hour on Saturday night as part of a global environmental action, allowing the Russian capital to save 5 megawatts of electric power, a city government official said.
Amur Leopard Population in Russia Up 50% – WWF
21:35 15/03/2013
The population of the Amur leopard has grown by half since 2007 and the cats have expanded their habitat as far as North Korea, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday.
Russia’s Main Eco-Threats Named for 2013
19:32 26/12/2012
Wildfires, “Potemkin villages” and parliamentary lobbyists will be the main threats to Russia’s environment in the coming year, ecologists and government officials agreed on Wednesday.
Arab Sheikhs in Russian Falcon Smuggling Probe
18:33 05/12/2012
The Russian authorities may seize and release 49 rare birds of prey brought into the country by two Arab princes without the required permits, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia representative said on Wednesday.
Amur Leopard: The Cat That Should Have Died
14:54 18/09/2012
It all began when then-Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov saw a movie about leopards.1
Arctic Oil Spill Investigated in Secret
17:04 05/06/2012
A state watchdog wrapped up the investigation of an oil spill in the Russian Arctic, but named no names in what a WWF expert called a setback in an otherwise unusually efficient handling of the incident.
Earth Hour in Moscow Helps to Save 2,400 kWh
00:53 01/04/2012
About 2,400 kWh of energy were saved when 65 buildings in Moscow went dark during the global Earth Hour on Saturday evening, according to the estimates by the Russian capital's electricity utility MosSvet
Coca-Cola cans to save polar bears
10:11 28/10/2011
Coca-Cola will redesign its cans in a joint project with the World Wildlife Fund to protect polar bears, Coca-Cola company’s website said.

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