Our Opinion

     We would support this organization and we would be volunteers because we agree with this organization's objectives, we think it is a good cause and we want to make sure that future generations will have the same natural resources we have.

Videos and Attachments

                             Map of the Coral Triangle boundaries



                                          Change the way you think

                                          A spiritual journey with a timber wolf

                                          The rare pink dolphin

                                          Giant Panda

                                          Himalayas

                                          Coral Triangle

                             Madagascar's deforestation

Donatives

     In the organizatin's web site there is all the information you need to make a donation.

     Make a donation and help support a good cause that should matter to us all .

     The following link gives you all the information you need ... 

http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/support_wwf/donate/ 

Madagascar

Forest Conservation

     Madagascar is one of the many areas where WWF seeks to protect the remaining patches of forest is the humid Anjozorobe corridor, which contains the largest surviving area of Madagascar’s high plateau forest.

Freshwater Conservation

     Years of deforestation in Madagascar have not only caused erosion but also stressed freshwater resources.

     On the east-southeast coast of Madagascar, where a large forest block has been reduced to a narrow band of forests that varies from 15 to 20 km in width, the poor management of water is a major problem for local people.

     WWF helps communities to access clean and safe drinking water and to manage water resources for agriculture, in particular rice, without relying on slash-and-burn practices.

Coral Triangle

     Coral Triangle is defined by a triangular area with more than 500 coral species.     The coral triangle region is special and unique not only for its wildlife and marine ecosystems, but also for the benefits derived for local communities and governments. About 120 million people depend directly of these marine and coastal resources. This region produces approximately US$2.4 billion from sustainable fisheries all across Southeast Asia and US$12 billion from the tourism industry based on the area.

Problems affecting the Coral Triangle

     The rising temperatures caused by global warning are causing higher rates of coral mortality and even extinction in small populations. In Southeast Asia a significant amount of coral reefs were damaged or destroyed. Meanwhile across the Indo Pacific region spawning aggregations of reef fish have stopped forming or are in decline. Tuna, shark fin, turtle products and reef fish are also being captured at unsustainable rates.

What is WWF doing?

     To help solve the problems in the coral Triangle WWF is taking actions so that they can achieve significant results in that region. Some of the measures are:

-          support improved governance of the coral Triangle

-          build a sustainable live reef food fish trade

-          promote sustainable tuna fisheries

-          finance marine protect area for the future

-          create an international marine protected area network for turtles

-          reducing marine turtle bycatch

-          reduce the impacts of climate change and tourism

Himalayas

     The Himalayas have captured people's imaginations for centuries. It is a region of mighty peaks, pure lakes, and rich forests, home to iconic species such as the snow leopard, Bengal tiger, and one-horned rhino.

It is also a region of fascinating cultural and spiritual heritage, where millions of people from diverse cultures and religions, coexist with irreplaceable plants and animals. 

     However, this rich tapestry is under threat:  

Climate change is affecting livelihoods, species, and environments;

Giant Panda

Common name - Giant Panda

Scientific name - Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Habitat - Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests of Southwest China

Status – endangered

Population – 1600 in the wild (at 2004)

Height – up to 150 cm for adults

Weight – 100 to 150 kg

 

Problems

     Despite the conservation success in the panda’s habitat in recent years, there are still problems. The factors that mainly contribute to habitat loss and fragmentation (which are the main threats to the giant panda) are the conversion of forests to agricultural areas, medicinal herb collection and bamboo harvesting, poaching and large-scales development activities such as road construction, hydropower development and mining.

     China has a growing human population and because of that panda populations are isolated in narrow belts of bamboo. Panda habitat will continue to disappear as settlers push higher up the mountains.

Solutions

     WWF has been active in giant panda conservation since 1980, and is now working with the Chinese government on trying to find a way to save giant pandas.

     The current work is focused on the Minshan Mountains, in Sichuan and Gansu provinces, and Qinling Mountains, in Shaanxi province. The solutions they found for those areas include increasing nature reserves, creating green corridors to link isolated pandas, patrolling against poaching and illegal logging, building local capacities for nature reserve management and continued research and monitoring.     

     The giant panda is a very powerful symbol of conservation. In China they are considered a national treasure and for the WWF the panda also has a special meaning since it has been the organization’s symbol since 1961.