World Wildlife Fund Are you concerned about animals and environment? The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in the US or Canada, or The World Wildlife Fund for Nature, in other countries, is a non-profit organization that works to improve the Earth and things living on it. The fund has helped species and the environment all over the world. The WWF works in 100 countries and they are supported by 5,000,000 worldwide members.
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What is the World Wildlife Fund? The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a conservation that conserves nature and reduces the most pressing threats to the life on Earth. WWF’s uses a unique way of working that combines a global reach with a foundation in science, involving action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature. The work of WWF has moved towards not only helping animals and the environment, but also larger threats around the globe. The new goal organizes the plan into six main areas: forests, marine, freshwater, wildlife, food, and climate. WWF tries to protect places based on the wealth and how much life they support. They work all over the world to ensure the safety of living things. According to the WWF website the spending is directed to worldwide conservation activities. The fund also spends money on expenses, fundraising, and financing administration. They also want to help and save the
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How was World Wildlife Fund Founded? World Wildlife Fund was started when a number of corporations came together to help conserve the environment and organisms, but the corporations were short on funds. This was started on April 29, 1961. The founders were Bernhard of LippeBiesterfeld, Julian Huxley, Max Nicholson, Peter Scott, Guy Mountfort, and Godfrey A. Rockefeller. To make this official, the groups signed the Morges Manifesto. This was an act that laid out the foundations for the soon to successful company. The Morges Manifesto also set out the fund’s ideology. In September of that year, the first WWF office was set up in Morges, Switzerland. The main headquarters is still in Switzerland. The logo, a panda, was based on a panda in real life named Chi Chi. The fund used a panda as the logo because they needed a strong, recognizable symbol that anyone could recognize. The symbol also needed to have an impact in black and white ink. The panda symbol was created WWF works to help nature and animals. by Sir Peter Scott and Gerald Watterson. Wildlife is at the core of the WWF’s mission.
What does the World Wildlife Fund do?
Their goal is build a future where humans live in harmony with nature. By, 2020 WWF hopes to conserve some of the world’s most ecological areas. They hope, with working in partnerships, to achieve these points. “Protect and restore species and their habitats, strengthen local communities' ability to conserve the natural resources they depend upon, transform markets and policies to reduce the impact of the production and consumption of commodities, ensure that the value of nature is reflected in decisions made by individuals, communities, governments and businesses, and mobilize hundreds of millions of people to support.” These points are found on the WWF webpage. At first their main goal was to help animals but it has reached to different problems around the world. According to WWF’s 2014 Living Planet Report, “wildlife population of vertebrate species-mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish- have declined by 52 percent over the last 40 years.” This shows why WWF needs to help animals in the wild. They need to keeping working on saving animals and try to not fail their mission. All of these things matter because it helps to save a planet of life, improves human lives, helps a species recover, help populations thrive, and provides inspiration to others. The fund also helps the environment. Many people and animals depend on the forest for resources that we need in order to survive such as, homes, food, fresh water, and the air that we breathe.
How Can I Help? World Wildlife Fund is a non-profit organization, which means that they depend on donations and their partnerships with Coca-Cola, Avon Products, CARE-WWF Alliance, USAID, and Domtar to fund their projects. WWF has created a way for people to earn money by starting a fundraiser. The fund gives many ways to help earn money with a special occasion, athletic event, favorite animal, in the classroom, in the community, or the person can honor a loved one. The person can also join fundraisers other people have created. These fundraisers can earn a lot of money really fast. Another way people can contribute is by adopting an animal. World Wildlife Fund allows anyone to choose their favorite animal and “adopt” that animal. The most popular adoption is only $55 and it includes a plush of the chosen animal, an adoption certificate, a species card, photo of the animal, and a gift bag. There are also adoption kits ranging from $250-$25. If a person wants to adopt multiple animals, but only wants the plush, they also have an option to purchase a bucket. A bucket contains 3 animal plushies, of a person’s choice, this comes in a unique wooden bucket or a gift bag. They also offer a wide variety of options of clothing items and other items, which you can purchase. For $500 a person can join the Adoption of the Month club, where people can receive a plush of an animal, each month. All of these purchases or “donations” contribute to the World Wildlife Fund, by helping them help animals and the environment all over the world.
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