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Also known as World Wildlife Fund, World Wide Fund For Nature

international non-governmental environmental organization

AI overview

WWF International is a global environmental organization that works to protect wildlife and natural spaces around the world. It matters because it addresses large-scale environmental challenges that affect ecosystems and species across national borders.

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Company

Jurisdiction
CH
Headquarters
Gland, CH

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Wikidata facts

Official name
World Wide Fund for Nature
Field of work
conservation
Founded by
Guy Mountfort
Headquarters
Morges
Employees
12000
Revenue
457102976
Official website
wwf.panda.org
Image
WWF Schweiz, Zürich Office (Ank Kumar, Infosys Limited) 01.jpg
Motto
Building a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
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native label
World Wide Fund for Nature
Commons gallery
World Wide Fund For Nature
Commons category
World Wide Fund For Nature
inception
1961-04-29
location of formation
New York
operating area
Internationality
number of volunteers
200000
has works in the collection
National Museum of World Cultures
different from
WWE
official observer status in organization
SPRFMO
social media followers
187000
short name
WWF
official donation page URL
wwfdonate.panda.org/support_wwf
privacy policy URL
wwf.panda.org/es/privacidad
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Encyclopedic overview

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. The official name of the Swiss umbrella organization and in some countries is World Wide Fund for Nature following a renaming, while World Wildlife Fund remains the official name in other countries including Canada and the United States. WWF is the world's largest conservation organization, with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries and supporting around 3,000 conservation and environmental projects. It has invested over $1 billion in more than 12,000 conservation initiatives since 1995. WWF is a foundation with 65% of funding from individuals and bequests including The 1001: A Nature Trust, 17% from government sources (such as the World Bank, Foreign Office, and USAID) and 8% from corporations in 2020.

WWF aims to "stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature." Living Planet Report has been published every two years by WWF since 1998; it is based on a Living Planet Index and ecological footprint calculation. In addition, WWF has launched several notable worldwide campaigns, including Earth Hour and the debt-for-nature swap, and its current work is organized around these six areas: food, climate, freshwater, wildlife, forests, and oceans.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WWF International” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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