WWF-India started as a wildlife conservation
organisation with a focus on protecting a particular species
of wild flora and fauna. Over the years, the perspective broadened
to reflect a more holistic understanding of conservation issues
facing the country. To suit India's specific ecological and
socio-cultural situation, WWF-India articulated its mission
in 1987 as follows:
"The promotion of nature conservation
and environmental protection as the basis for sustainable
and equitable development."
The WWF-India mission has five broad programme
components:
- Promoting India's ecological
security; restoring the ecological balance
- Conserving biological diversity
- Ensuring sustainable use of the natural
resource base
- Minimising pollution and wasteful consumption
- Promoting sustainable lifestyles
WWF-India implements its conservation programmes
through the following methods: field programmes, public policy,
education, communications, NGO networking and resource mobilisation.
The WWF-India has been working to promote
harmony between human beings and nature for more than three
decades.
Today, it is recognized as a premier conservation
NGO in the country dealing with nature conservation, environmental
protection and development-related issues. At a time when
the Web of Life has come under increasing threats, WWF-India's
attempts have been to find and implement solutions so that
human beings can live in harmony with nature, and leave for
future generations a world rich in natural resources and natural
wonders.
WWF-India was established as a Charitable
Trust in 1969. With its network of State/Divisional and Field
Offices spread across the country to implement its programmes,
WWF-India is the largest and one of the most experienced conservation
organizations in the country. The Secretariat functions from
New Delhi.
The organization is part of the WWF-family
with 27 independent national organisations. The coordinating
body, the WWF International, is located at Gland in Switzerland.
WWF-India
172-B Lodi Estate
New Delhi-110 003, India
Tel: +91 11 41504814, 41504815
Dir: +91 11 41504791, 41504793
Fax: + 91 11 4150 4779
4150 4815, 4150 4819
Website : http://www.wwfindia.org/
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