things, rather than focusing on select species in isolation.

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While continuing to use its well-known acronym, WWF's name changed in 1986 from the World Wildlife Fund to the World Wide Fund for Nature.

WWF South Africa

In 1968, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (then president of the World Wildlife Fund) approached Dr Anton Rupert (a successful South African businessman and conservationist) to work towards securing South Africa’s wildlife and nature.

Dr Rupert garnered support from a group of local business aficionados. They realised that something had to be done quickly if South Africa’s biodiversity - its plants and animals and the ecosystems they live in - were to be conserved.

The Southern African Wildlife Foundation was formed in 1968, later becoming the Southern African Nature Foundation and in 1995 renamed toParis pollution: 'Tomorrow we stop breathing'

Edward Kennedy makes surprise appearance

Democratic icon Senator Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, appeared before the cheering crowd at the party's convention in Denver to support Barack Obama and vowed to help the presidential candidate win the election in November.

Ailing liberal lion Edward Kennedy summoned up one last roar of defiance for captivated Democrats here Monday, vowing that the "dream lives on" through a new generation led by Barack Obama.

Walking gingerly onto the stage barely three months after being diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, the 76-year-old war horse sprinkled political stardust across an enraptured audience with a bravura display.

The elder statesman of America's most famous political dynasty had been expected to miss the convention on health grounds.

But the last surviving brother