World Wide Fund For Nature

Panda - The Symbol of WWF

 

Introduction

WWF (World Wide Fund) was found in 1961, by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (first president of WWF), Julian Huxley, Max Nicholson, Peter Scott, Guy Mountfort, and Godfrey A. Rockefeller.  It is working on issues about the conservation, research, and the restoration of the environment.  The World Wide Fund was supported by over 5 million people and working with more than 90 countries in the whole world.  There are currently more than 1300 conservation projects, supported by WWF.  Since 1985, WWF has invested over US$1,300 million in more than 11,000 projects in more than 100 countries.  The central secretariat for the network (WWF International) is located in Gland, Switzerland.  The president of WWF now is Yolanda Kakabadse.

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld,
The first president of WWF.

 

Yolanda Kakabadse,
The president of WWF 2010-present.

Mission

“WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of our planet's natural environment, and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.”
Because of that, much of WWF’s work focuses on the conservation of the biological diversity and natural habitats, endangered species, pollution, and climate change.

WWF's environmental ad.

Symbol – Panda

The Giant Panda in the symbol of WWF originated from a Panda named Chi Chi that was transferred from the Beijing Zoo to the London Zoo in the same year of the establishment of WWF. This symbol was designed and made by Sir Peter Scott from the sketches made by Gerald Watterson.

Sir Peter Scott visiting a Giant Panda in the Beijing zoo.

 

Website

You can visit WWF’s global site at: http://wwf.panda.org/
According to Google Analytics, wwf.panda.org receives more than 5 million visitors a year and more than 15 million page impressions from 236 countries and territories.

Printscreen of WWF's website page,
when I last visited it on 29th May 2011.

Resources :

• World Wide Fund. (2008). WWF in brief. Available: http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_quick_facts.cfm. Last accessed 29th May 2011.

• Wikipedia. (2001). World Wide Fund for Nature. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature. Last accessed 29th May 2011. 

By. Yulina Citra Lativolia

What governments can do to help environment

                           

          Many air pollution and gas from motorcycle , car, bus and etc, that will make carbon dioxide emissions the effect of carbon dioxide you will get asthma  and maybe you can die because you breath the air pollution more everyday.carbon dioxide emissions to decimate the world's and now governments still making road for bicycles and pedestrians so, reduces carbon dioxide emissions and reduces air pollution in the world and planted many trees to reduce pollution and emissions of carbon dioxide, if its every day we are walking, cycling, and then we will be planting trees reduces air pollution and emissions of carbon dioxide and reduces excessive heat in the world and prevent global warming.

by: Ade 

Central Kalimantan Environment

I live in central kalimantan, and i was born there, i love central kalimantan because there are many an awesome people live in, and there are many delicious traditional food, unique animal, cultures, and amazing panoramas like Forest and rivers. but i was upset and shock because many people cut the trees burning the forest and illegal logging, it disturbs our environment. Many people destroy it. but we should keep central kalimantan's forest because the forest of kalimantan is the lung of  world. if you won't lose oxygen you should help to keep forests in Central kalimantan. Plant many tress and don't cut it because its important for our live, and our new generation still can see the beautiful new panoramas and almost extinct animals.

by: Ade    

What Businesses and Companies Can Do

Palm Oil Company

Many businesses and companies stand in Indonesia. Like palm oil, many businesses man choose to plant palm oil. The only think that make benefit and disadvantage. the disadvantage of this is make destroy our environment. Many way to help save. The businesses and companies can do :

• They can choose the other place to plant the palm oil. Except in the forest, so they do not need to cut the trees
• Don't need to plant it too much. Because if you plant it too much you need big area.   
• And thinking first what will happen if you plant palm oil. Its harms or gives us profits.

And those are the things that businesses and companies can do to help our environment.

By : Desy Natalina

Central Kalimantan's Environment and Its Problems

        Central Kalimantan is one of the cutest cities in the world for me. I was born in Central Kalimantan, so I really love this place. I love to live in Central Kalimantan is because this island is very nice. There are many forests in it and the forests are still fresh. The panoramas are really good with the rivers around. Many unique animals, like Orangutans and Hornbills, I so proud live in here. The cultures are really good. Many an awesome dances, languages, and traditional foods. And as all of us have known, the forests in Kalimantan are lungs of the world. But, I feel so sad because many people started destroying the forests of our Central Kalimantan. It was because of forest fire and illegal logging, the people should not do this. It destroys our land and makes our unique animals almost extinct.

By : Desy Natalina