But that gift went toward a pledge he made in 1997 to establish the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, both targeted at strengthening the UN.
"Rivers, streams and lakes are measurably cleaner than they were before the Clean Water Act, but we still have a long way to go, " said Bob Irvin of the World Wildlife Fund, the world's largest privately funded conservation organization.
The villa had also been listed by the World Monument Fund as one of the world's 100 most endangered sites before the refurbishment was carried out.
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The World Wide Fund for Nature says a third of the world's forests are under serious threat from climate change -- with dire implications for the species that live in them.
Carter Roberts, chief conservation officer for the World Wildlife Fund, said that the strain on natural resources threatens environmental progress as the world strives to match America's prosperity.
The World Wide Fund for Nature says climate change threatens a massive growth in infectious disease, and may also damage world harvests.
Ms. JENNIFER MORGAN (World Wildlife Fund): I really don't see anything new in this text, unfortunately.
It is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme and World Wildlife Fund International.
Vice Chair Gary Yohe is part of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Climate Witness Program.
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The World Wildlife Fund, a leading environmental group, called Shell's decision wise under the circumstances.
Steve Gartland, the World Wildlife Fund's man in Cameroon, says the inevitable is now happening.
Jennifer Morgan of the World Wildlife Fund spoke to us from Scotland, where she was attending the G8.
"I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund, " he said in an interview in 1992.
Morgan Parry of the World Wildlife Fund Cymru said the tug boat would increase preparations for a major incident.
Indeed, Laframboise documented formal connections between at least 78 IPCC scientists and the World Wildlife Fund environmental activist group.
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"This is an alarming situation, " said Dipankar Ghose, a New Delhi-based rhino-conservation expert at the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Indeed, the World Wildlife Fund, a nature conservation organisation, reckons that bluefin spawners will be virtually eliminated by 2012.
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The Swiss branch of the World Wildlife Fund environmental campaign group said it was "extremely disappointed" that the bear was killed.
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With the support from the UNESCO World Heritage Fund the stylite tower (a tower in which monks lived in isolation) was stabilized.
But economic theory struggles to explain the bizarre world of fund management, where the market is fragmented but fees stay stubbornly high.
The World Wide Fund for Nature ( www.panda.org) has extensive resources on all species under threat in every part of the world.
Bill is chairman emeritus of the board of the World Wildlife Fund, and is also deeply knowledgeable of the oil and gas industry.
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"Every government wants to be the one to approve projects, " says Paul Gamblin, director of the Australian office of the World Wildlife Fund.
He served as President of the World Wildlife Fund from 1985 to 1989 and President of the Conservation Foundation from 1973 to 1989.
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Warner Bros. also works with global organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the World Wildlife Fund and Doctors Without Borders.
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Dr Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of the World Monuments Fund Britain, which is handling the work, said it was like finding a "subterranean wonderland".
This list highlights threats to a particular site while allowing for financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund to combat and address these threats.
The Cross Bath is a Georgian building and is recognised as a sacred site by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature's Sacred Land Project.
Bill Reilly is chairman emeritus of the board of the World Wildlife Fund, and he is also deeply knowledgeable about the oil and gas industry.
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In the wild, it is the most widespread species of gorilla, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with a estimated population of 100-200, 000 individuals.
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