Futuremakers - Creating a sustainable way of life [Issue 13, May 2007]

Creating a sustainable way of life (Issue 13, May 2007)

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This is the latest edition of Futuremakers, WWF's regular email bulletin. In it you'll find links to the latest news from around the world, features about the state of the planet and, most importantly, ways that you can take action.

Indian Tiger © WWF-Canon / Homo ambiens/R.Isotti-A.Cambone

Wildlife trade convention: WWF's top ten priorities

WWF's list of the top ten species needing urgent, global, action to reduce threats from trade was released ahead of the world's major meeting on wildlife trade CITES (Conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).

Some of the species on WWF's top ten priority list are among the most endangered, such as the tiger or Asian rhino. Others, have had the populations decline massively from supplying the global market.

» Read 'Wildlife trade convention: WWF's top ten priorities'

Five years the key to the planet's future

The world has more than enough sustainable energy and technology to curb climate change, but only if key decisions are made within the next five years, according to new research by WWF.

The research is summed up in the report Climate Solutions: WWF's vision for 2050 and contains six key solutions to the problem of meeting global energy demand without damaging the global climate.

» Read 'Five years the key to the planet's future'

Help end the tiger trade

1. Submit your photo
Add your photo and become part of a massive photo mosaic of a tiger and call for an end to the tiger trade.

The result will be a powerful display of the world's support for wild tiger conservation, which will be presented to delegates from 171 countries at the June meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in the Netherlands.

2. Send a message to China
Ask China to keep its tiger trade ban in place. Your views will be personally conveyed to China's leaders.

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News from WWF-Australia and around the world.

Internet Encyclopedia to List All 1.8 Mln Species (Planet Ark)
Encyclopedia of Life to catalog all 1.8 million species on Earth. »
Rare soft-shell turtle found in Cambodia (WWF)
One of the world's largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia's Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction.»
Hello, Goodbye to New Species of Hummingbird (Treehugger)
A newly discovered species of Hummingbird can soon become extinct because of slash-and-burn coca farmers.»

HP and WWF Take On Climate Change (Greener Computing)
WWF and Hewlett-Packard are to launch three new projects to show the effects of climate change and create and promote solutions. »
Species Explosion (Smithsonian)
With climate change raising temperatures, researchers are finding new species at an increased rate. »
How would you spend $50,000 to create a more sustainable environment in Australia? (Yahoo!7 answers)
Yahoo!7 is looking for Australia's most worthwhile environmental initiative and rewarding it with $50,000. »

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