Indeed, the World Wildlife Fund, a nature conservation organisation, reckons that bluefin spawners will be virtually eliminated by 2012.

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Dr Narayan and his team of wildlife experts have achieved their success with support from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT), a Jersey-based conservation organisation started by naturalist Gerald Durrell.

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The December 2005 expedition was organised by the US-based organisation Conservation International, together with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

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And there are also community-owned enterprises, such as the Chalalan Ecolodge in Bolivia, which was set up with financial help from the US-based environmental organisation Conservation International.

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Bill Harriman, director of firearms for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation - Britain's largest shooting organisation - said that while there should never be complacency about firearms, the figures needed to be put into perspective.

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Most recently he headed the World Conservation Union (IUCN), a global organisation with more than 1, 000 stakeholders including governments and NGOs.

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