{"id":336,"date":"2020-12-15T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/?post_type=exhibit2&p=336"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:42:53","slug":"wwf-world-wildlife-fund-for-nature","status":"publish","type":"exhibit2","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/ourplanet\/the-greenhouse\/wwf-world-wildlife-fund-for-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"WWF: Conservation Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

naturepl.com \/ Denis-Huot \/ WWF<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WWF\u2019s mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Copyright Global Warming Images\/WWF.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright Wild Wonders of Europe\/ Pal Hermansen\/ WWF.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) have been badly hit in the UK as rising sea temperatures have affected the fish they feed on, such as sandeels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Puffin (Fraterclua arctica) with fish in beak, Saltee Island, Ireland. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright Siobhan Fraser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotland’s peatlands store an estimated 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon, and these unique habitats provide homes for an amazing range of wildlife, including the red listed merlin, hen harrier and curlew as well as newts, frogs and lizards. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright Wild Wonders of Europe\/ Peter Cairns\/ WWF<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying, Cairngorms NP, Scotland  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Four wind turbines beneath An Sgurr, Isle of Eigg. In 2008 the islanders on Eigg set up and developed a grid for the island with the energy produced by 3 hydro schemes, four wind turbines, and 2 arrays of solar panels  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright Ola Jennersten\/WWF- Sweden <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This traditional red farmhouse in Gr\u00e4nna, Sm\u00e5land, Sweden, is powered by wind turbines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n