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Report on abundance estimation of the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin, 2007.
Environmental conservation work in Cambodia
Office
WWF Cambodia Country Programme
House #54, Street 352,
Boeung Keng Kang I,
PO Box 2467, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T:+855 23 218 034
F:+855 23 211 909
House #54, Street 352,
Boeung Keng Kang I,
PO Box 2467, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T:+855 23 218 034
F:+855 23 211 909
Our work currently focuses on 2 priority ecoregions...
- Dry Forests; and
- Mekong River
Latest news from Cambodia
23 May 2008
Mekong dolphin population is in danger!
WWF’s dolphin population surveys* conducted in April-May 2007 in partnership with the Cambodian government’s Fisheries Administration and World Conservation Society resulted in an estimated abundance of 71 dolphins with a range of 66 to 86 dolphins (at the 95% CI). Alarmingly, the mortality rate of calves has continued to increase since 2005 where 9 young died from a total recorded dead of 14, 16 from 19 in 2006 and 11 from 13 in 2007. According to Richard Zanre, WWF’s Freshwater Conservation Programme Manager, this is a serious problem threatening the survival of this critically endangered species. » Read more
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Back in 1961 when it was founded, WWF stood for the "World Wildlife Fund". However, as the organization grew over the 70s and into the 80s, WWF began to expand its work to conserve the environment as a whole (reflecting the interdependence of all living things), rather than focusing on selected species in isolation. So although we continued to use our well-known initials, our legal name became "World Wide Fund For Nature" (except in North America where the old name was retained).More and more, however, to avoid confusion and mixed messages across borders and languages, WWF is simply known as "WWF, the global conservation organization."
