WWF pays tribute to Linda Norgrove
Global environment organisation WWF has paid tribute to Linda Norgrove, a former employee who played a pivotal role working with indigenous people to protect the Amazon headwaters. Linda, taken hostage while working as an aid worker in Afghanistan, died Friday during an attempted rescue.
WWF awards recognise moves to protect high seas
WWF has today awarded its highest accolade – the Gift to the Earth Award – to two leading regional ocean management organisations that have been instrumental in establishing protected areas on the high seas.
Half of world’s wild pandas to be protected
The commitment by China's Sichuan and Gansu provinces to preserve panda habitat in the Minshan Mountains has been recognized as a Gift to the Earth, WWF's highest accolade for significant conservation achievement.
Plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef recognized as a Gift to the Earth
WWF has presented the Australian government with a Gift to the Earth — the global conservation organization's highest accolade — for protecting the Great Barrier Reef.
Senegal celebrates creation of new marine protected areas
WWF has recognized the creation of five new Marine Protected Areas by the government and local communities of Senegal as a Gift to the Earth – the global conservation organization's highest accolade for significant conservation achievements.
China declares new protected areas
WWF views China's commitment to establishing 24 new protected areas – covering 1.8 million hectares – in the country's north-east as a Gift to the Earth.
