The World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wildlands. The largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world, WWF has sponsored more than 2,000 projects in over 100 countries. The WWF has been around now for almost 30 years, doing it's best to protect the rainforests and the animals within. It was successful in protecting over 10 percent of all bird species on earth.
The WWF in Finland has succeeded in its long fight to persuade the Finnish government to establish protected areas for grey seals. The Seal Expert Working Group of WWF Finland has worked for years on various measures to increase the seal populations in Finnish waters. Work was started in the mid-90's to obtain protected land for the seals. In June of 1996, the government has discussed the issue, then had just cast it aside. Working for 5 years and starting Operation Mermaid, the WWF finally succeeded. The end result is there will be seven large protected areas, which cover the most important resting islets of grey sea. There will be an area of 900 m around the core resting islets, which is fully protected and hunting is now prohibited in the whole area.
Another issue of the WWF is Toxic pollution. The World Wildlife Fund is urging governments to quickly ratify the Stockholm POPs Convention that will help protect wildlife and people throughout the world from toxic contamination. They submitted a treaty that bans or severely restricts a group of 12 pesticides and industrial chemicals, including PCBs, dioxins, and DDT. It requires ratification by 50 countries before it can enter into force though. The convention is supposedly supposed to be concluded by September 2002.
The WWF has over 1 million just in the U.S. alone. It directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats. World Wildlife Fund US is part of the international WWF network, which has national organizations or representatives in more than 50 countries across five continents. Each are available in any emergency. Some of the animals that the WWF help to protect are Red wolf, Ethiopian wolf, Tiger, Snow leopard, Marine otter, Steller’s sea lion, Mediterranean monk seal, Giant panda, and the Lesser panda. Some of the places are the forests and deserts, rivers and wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs.
So in the WWF's words, "We must do all we can to help leave our children a living planet." Whether it be by donating a bit of money, time, or just by recycling, we all can help to make a difference and help the WWF achieve it's ultimate goal, to give the children of the future something to look forward to.
The WWF in Finland has succeeded in its long fight to persuade the Finnish government to establish protected areas for grey seals. The Seal Expert Working Group of WWF Finland has worked for years on various measures to increase the seal populations in Finnish waters. Work was started in the mid-90's to obtain protected land for the seals. In June of 1996, the government has discussed the issue, then had just cast it aside. Working for 5 years and starting Operation Mermaid, the WWF finally succeeded. The end result is there will be seven large protected areas, which cover the most important resting islets of grey sea. There will be an area of 900 m around the core resting islets, which is fully protected and hunting is now prohibited in the whole area.
Another issue of the WWF is Toxic pollution. The World Wildlife Fund is urging governments to quickly ratify the Stockholm POPs Convention that will help protect wildlife and people throughout the world from toxic contamination. They submitted a treaty that bans or severely restricts a group of 12 pesticides and industrial chemicals, including PCBs, dioxins, and DDT. It requires ratification by 50 countries before it can enter into force though. The convention is supposedly supposed to be concluded by September 2002.
The WWF has over 1 million just in the U.S. alone. It directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats. World Wildlife Fund US is part of the international WWF network, which has national organizations or representatives in more than 50 countries across five continents. Each are available in any emergency. Some of the animals that the WWF help to protect are Red wolf, Ethiopian wolf, Tiger, Snow leopard, Marine otter, Steller’s sea lion, Mediterranean monk seal, Giant panda, and the Lesser panda. Some of the places are the forests and deserts, rivers and wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs.
So in the WWF's words, "We must do all we can to help leave our children a living planet." Whether it be by donating a bit of money, time, or just by recycling, we all can help to make a difference and help the WWF achieve it's ultimate goal, to give the children of the future something to look forward to.
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