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World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

The WWF is one of the world’s biggest environmental protection organizations with more than five million supporters worldwide.

Tags: 
animal protection
conservation
nature reserves
whaling
extinction
climate change
Themes: 
Biodiversity
Environmental Movements
Environmental Politics
Related Links: 
  • World Wide Fund For Nature - Official Site
  • Take action online with WWF

From Royal Hunting Reserve to National Park: How the Gran Paradiso Became a Sanctuary for the Ibex

by Wilko Graf von Hardenberg
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Arcadia, 2011, no. 1
  • Read more about From Royal Hunting Reserve to National Park: How the Gran Paradiso Became a Sanctuary for the Ibex

Hornaday’s Our Vanishing Wildlife

This book is the first to identify the population of each known species in the United States.

Tags: 
wildlife
conservation
extinction
animals
bisons
Themes: 
Environmental Knowledge
Environmental Movements
Regions: 
United States
Related Links: 
  • William Hornaday’s Our Vanishing Wildlife
  • Saving the American Bison

Extinction of the Great Auk

The hunt for the great auk leads to the seabird’s extinction.

Tags: 
animals
birds
extinction
hunting
Themes: 
Biodiversity
Regions: 
Iceland
Related Links: 
  • Audubon fact sheet on the Great Auk
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