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This view of Earth’s horizon as the sunsets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Anvil tops of thunderclouds are also visible.

Of all the places in all the world

Your job: to save the majestic diversity of life on this planet.
The question: where do you start?

Take a look at where WWF believes those places to be and discover what it is that makes them so special...

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Meet the relatives!

Some say you can see it in the eyes... Gorillas are one of our closest "relatives", and can display some very human-like acts... from juveniles hanging out together to large males getting grumpy and territorial...

Get up close and personal with this highly threatened species in our special gorilla section...

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A dead Common guillemot covered in oil from the 'Erika' oil spill. The 'Erika' broke in half in rough seas around 70km off the northwest coast of France on 12 December 1999. The 24-year old tanker lost an estimated 10,000 tons of oil into the sea which washed up onto a 400km stretch of the French coastline.

Offshore oil: a very messy business

The oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest episode in a familiar story of polluted waterways, destroyed ecosystems and devastated communities. A look at the dark side of our addiction to oil.

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Wild salmon underwater at Laerdal salmon centre, Norway.

WWF welcomes standards to make salmon industry more sustainable

Posted on 04 August 2010 | 0 comments

Draft standards to improve the environmental and social sustainability of the salmon aquaculture industry were released yesterday for public comment.  

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The Silky Sifaka (Simpona), a lemur species which is endemic to Marojejy National Park and Anjanaharibe Sud Special Reserve.

UNESCO recognizes threats to Madagascar rainforest

Posted on 04 August 2010 | 0 comments

The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has placed the Atsinanana rainforest in Madagascar on its list of World Heritage in Danger sites because of an ongoing government-influenced illegal logging crisis and ...

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Deforested outskirts of the town of Thika, Kenya. Wangari Maathai has been continuously fighting deforestation in Kenya.

Scientists show waves of deforestation across East Africa

Posted on 04 August 2010 | 0 comments

A new study co-authored by a WWF scientist documents waves of forest degradation advancing like ripples in a pond 75 miles across East Africa in just 14 years.

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