Loggerhead turtle (<I>Caretta caretta</I>).

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06 Oct 2008
connect2earth Prize Awarded
Winner addresses decision makers at IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona » Read more

Although recent government figures in Brazil show a reduction in the rate of deforestation this year in the Amazon, burning rainforest to create pastureland for ranching and other agricultural activities continues. Amazon, Brazil.

01 Oct 2008
Brazil announces new measures to stem Amazon assault
Brazil has announced new measures designed to stem an accelerating assault on the Amazon’s rainforests – on the same day as the nation’s space agency released figures showing that 756km2 of Amazon forest were cleared in August, triple the 230km2 cleared in August 2007.
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Turtle Frances makes her way to the Indian Ocean with a satellite tag attached to her back on Mongoni Beach, Kiunga, Kenya

11 Sep 2008
Marine turtles in Kenya fitted with satnav systems
Five marine turtles - four green and one hawksbill - in Kenya’s Kiunga Marine National Reserve have been tagged with satellite tracking devices in an attempt to learn more about their ecology.
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New or updated projects

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2004

Fishermen-Based Marine Turtle Bycatch Reduction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

In 2004 WWF started a joint venture project with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to save marine turtles from long-line fisheries b... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 1993

Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion

Defining success for the Chihuahuan Desert starts with the conservation in perpetuity of its most distinctive biological features: globally rare colle... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Apr 1993

Conservation of the Gulf of California

Located in Northwest Mexico, the Gulf of California separates the Baja California Peninsula, the world's most extensive and insulated peninsula, and t... » Read more

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