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African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
At this Web site devoted to the African Wildlife Foundation, you can learn about AWF’s African Heartlands Program, elephant, gorilla and rhino conservation projects, and conservation success stories. Explore the library of African wildlife or get help planning your African safari. Their online library provides past and present information about critical issues facing Africa's wildlife, people, and landscapes.
Defenders of Wildlife
At Defenders of Wildlife’s Web site, click on the United States map to learn about wildlife near you, read itineraries for upcoming Ecotours, visit the wildlife adoption center, or view notes and pictures of past Wildlife Viewing Tours. You can also browse online publications, hot topics and press releases.
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
Visit this Web site for information on the plight of renowned conservationist Dian Fossey, the life of Mountain Gorillas, and how and why to protect them.
Ducks Unlimited
This is the official Web site for Ducks Unlimited, an organization whose mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. Read relevant news stories, watch the video feature, or visit the greenwings section, which contains a classroom curriculum and activities that enable educators to create engaging curriculum about wetland habitat and wetland animals.
The Jane Goodall Institute
The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, focuses on environmental education, organizing Dr. Goodall's North American lecture tours, managing many of the African projects and providing ongoing support for field research on wild chimpanzees in Africa. You can find accurate information on Jane Goodall’s conservation efforts and advancements with chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania, Africa.
National Audubon Society
The Audubon Society is dedicated to bird conservation. Explore these pages to learn more about birds, the challenges they face and the conservation efforts to protect them. Audubon.org also lists birds previously and currently located on Audubon's WatchList 2002, a list designed specifically to highlight those bird species that have the greatest conservation needs.
Orangutan Foundation International
This is a Web site supporting the conservation and understanding of the orangutan and its rainforest habitat. See how you can become a field volunteer or participate in an exciting orangutan tour to Malaysia. Take action by fostering an orphan orangutan or planting trees in the reforestation program. Visit the image gallery to take a virtual photographic tour up the Sekonyer River to Camp Leakey or to watch Dr. Rosa work at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine.
The Peregrine Fund
This Web site for The Peregrine Fund is a fun place to learn about birds of prey, or raptors, and their conservation. This site includes biologists’ notes from the field and news and information about bird conservation projects.
Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) & Sea Turtle Survival League
This Web site contains a wealth of information on sea turtle nesting, range, migration, threats and conservation. Learn more about CCC’s Adopt-A-Turtle program and how you can participate in research.
Songbird Foundation
The Songbird Foundation is dedicated to promoting sustainable coffee farming due to the direct impact coffee farming has on migratory songbird habitat. At songbird.org you can read about this link between coffee, forests, birds and farmers and find out where to purchase sustainably grown coffee.
Wildlife Conservation Society
This Web site contains information on the Wildlife Conservation Society, a society that manages the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, including the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo. The photo gallery brings you up-close and personal with animals from New York City zoos and aquarium, while the Science section contains material on wildlife health sciences, species survival programs and scientific publications.
World Wildlife Fund
The World Wildlife Fund’s Web site is devoted to endangered species protection and survival. An online action center, endangered species fact sheets, green tips and games and quizzes for kids engage people to learn more about the plant and animal community.
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