Funding is provided by the Dutch government. All content and opinions expressed on this website and listed publications and products are solely those of WWF. Based on this initial screening the submission is tabled at the WWF Strategic Review Meeting. Central African nations in 2001 surpass commitments made at the Yaounde Summit. Corcovado contains 13 major habitat types and is the best example of a Central American tropical forest now under protection. Negotiations by WWF and partners in 2004 culminate in funding to protect nearly 11 million acres of tropical forest in Colombia through a $10 million debt-for-nature swap and $15 million from the Global Environment Facility. Please see the website for the submission dates.
WWF supports the American Prairie Foundation’s acquisition of 31,320 acres of land in Montana for wildlife restoration. In 2006, a helicopter carrying WWF staff members Dr. Chandra Gurung, Dr. Harka Gurung, Jennifer Headley, Yeshi Choden Lama, Matthew Preece, Dr. Jillian Bowling Schlaepfer and Mingma Sherpa as well as other conservation leaders crashed in Nepal, killing all 23 passengers on board. In a pledge developed through the WWF-World Bank Alliance, the president of Brazil in 1998 commits to provide legal protection for 10 percent of the Brazilian rain forest, an area greater than all of the national parks in the contiguous United States combined. The donation is earmarked for projects with potential for large and immediate impact on WWF's worldwide conservation efforts. WWF in 2005 establishes the Mesoamerican Reef Trust Fund, benefiting Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. WWF and Unilever in 1997 establish the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to assure the long-term sustainability of global fish stocks and the integrity of marine ecosystems. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 2003 officially endorses WWF's Africa Stockpiles Program initiative and makes a $25 million commitment to the program, which aims to clean up and safely dispose of more than 50,000 metric tons of obsolete pesticide waste stockpiled throughout Africa. World Wildlife Fund was conceived in April, 1961, and set up shop in September, 1961, at IUCN's headquarters in Morges, Switzerland. WWF in 1988 arranges a $3 million debt-for-nature swap in Costa Rica, as well as additional swaps in the Philippines for $2 million and Ecuador for $1 million. 6 December 2019 WWF in 1994 initiates and leads the effort of mainstream environmental groups to secure congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the first trade convention to address the environment. WWF celebrates its 25th anniversary in 1986 with a convocation of leaders from different faith traditions in Assisi, Italy. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1961 became president of the British National Appeal, the first national organization in the World Wildlife Fund family. If it passes the strategic review meeting, it is submitted to the WWF Project Approval Governance Meeting.

These trusts act as foundations, providing stable, long-term funding that can meet a country's recurrent environmental costs. In the Terai Arc of the Eastern Himalayan lowlands, WWF in 2001 spurs progress toward the ambitious goal of creating wildlife corridors linking 11 protected areas between Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park and India's Corbett National Park, an area of 12,160 acres. Applications will be received 3 times a year. Funding for the swap is generated through an unprecedented partnership between WWF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. government. WWF is one of Australia’s most trusted conservation organisations. Please email finalised fo‌rms to Sheyaam September at sseptember@wwf.org.za. The Conservation Foundation, a New York, and later Washington, DC – based conservation policy institute, formally affiliates with WWF-US in 1985 – a merger which is completed in 1990. The law creates a marine sanctuary around the islands to a 40-mile limit, bans industrial-scale fishing in the area and ensures tourist revenues support conservation. After three years of intensive work by WWF, the 1.7-million acre Chandless State Park is created in 2003 in the Brazilian Amazon. Incorporated in the District of Columbia on December 1, 1961, WWF-U.S. names Dwight D. Eisenhower its President of Honor. Once approved at the Project Approval Meeting it is submitted to the Green Trust Management Committee for final decision. Governors of Sumatra's 10 provinces sign an agreement pledging to restore critical ecosystems in Sumatra and protect areas with high conservation values. For nature. The Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program launches in 2002. At WWF, we work in Australia and in our Asia-Pacific backyard to protect endangered species and habitats, meet the challenge of climate change, and build a world where people live in harmony with nature. For the last 50 years our mission has been to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. WWF and Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina in 1999 are instrumental in winning passage of legislation to protect a 2.5 million-acre forest corridor connecting existing reserves in Argentina's Misiones Province and neighboring Brazil. WWF in 2006 engages with Wal-Mart on sustainability efforts focused on its supply chain, including MSC certification of all fisheries, participation in the Global Forest & Trade Network, Mining Certification Guidelines, Better Cotton Initiative and other agriculture-related issues. WWF in 1993 helps create the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to find solutions which promote responsible stewardship of the world's forests. Photos and graphics © WWF or used with permission. If it is not significant enough a decline letter will be issued and the decline recorded in the minutes of this meeting. © 2020 WWF - World Wide Fund For Nature© 1986 Panda Symbol WWF – World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund)® “WWF” is a WWF Registered Trademark Creative Commons license. Finca La Planada, a 3,700-acre farm in Colombia, becomes a nature reserve, thanks to the joint efforts of WWF and the Colombian Foundation for Higher Education in 1983. Apps for Earth, WWF’s collaboration with Apple in the 10 days around Earth Day, generates over $8 million in revenue and increased awareness. Covering 419,000 acres, these are the first parks in the region to balance conservation and recreational uses. The WWF Nedbank Green Trust welcomes all organisations doing work in the environmental outcomes sector of South Africa to partner with the Green Trust so that the trust can achieve its vision of igniting new ways for people and nature to thrive. WWF in 1992 begins creating "conservation trust funds" for a number of high-priority conservation areas. FSC grows to a global network of more than 40 offices in the United States and around the world. The Mexican government in 1986 protects as an ecological reserve the area where 100 million Monarch butterflies converge each winter, representing a tremendous victory for Monarca, a WWF supported organization created by local citizens just six years ago. H.R.H. WWF's work on the continent plays an important role in the organization's global conservation efforts. WWF purchases 37,000 acres adjacent to Kenya's Lake Nakuru. World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF)—the U.S. appeal—became the second national organization to be formed in 1961.
WWF-Laos in collaboration with French research laboratory SPYGEN, has detected the presence of Mekong giant catfish in the Mekong River using environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis. Text available under a, All applicants must apply to the Green Trust through the website http://www.wwf.org.za/what_we_do/green_trust/ using the. It is the first conservation trust fund to be implemented on an ecoregional scale. The first call for broad support was the Morges Manifesto, signed in 1961 by 16 of the world’s leading conservationists, including biologist and African wildlife enthusiast Sir Julian Huxley, IUCN vice president Sir Peter Scott and director-general of the British Nature Conservancy E. M. Nicholson. 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act,marking the first time a house of Congress has passed legislation limiting greenhouse gas emissions.WWF helped draft language in the bill addressing forest carbon, clean tech and adaptation. WWF begins awarding the annual $50,000 Getty Prize for outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation in 1974. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands became the organization's first president. The government of Nepal declares Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, as a special conservation area in 1997. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

WWF plays a key role in persuading Ecuador to enact a sweeping new law to protect the Galapagos Islands in 1998. A debt-for-nature swap will provide $10.6 million for the conservation of more than 27.5 million acres in the Peruvian Amazon. WWF in 2007 helps Russia establish two new national parks in key tiger habitat. Nearly 30 bird species depend on the lake, including a million flamingoes for which the lake is the principle feeding ground in 1973. With support from WWF, TRAFFIC opens an office covering eastern and southern Africa—the heart of elephant country—in 1991. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES) is negotiated in 1973, with Russell E. Train leading the U.S. government delegation as Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Building on 1980's World Conservation Strategy, WWF in 1985 launches Wildlands & Human Needs, a program that demonstrates the economic circumstances of rural people who share their land with wild animals can improve without degrading the natural habitats.