WWF-Philippines
SINCE ITS FOUNDATION in 1961, the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF) has become the world’s largest independent conservation organization. Its mandate focuses on biodiversity conservation and management of the human footprint. WWF is present in more than 100 countries, supported by nearly five million people worldwide.
WWF-Philippines has been working as a national organization of the WWF network since 1997. It began as an organization focused almost entirely on species work and conversation science. Today, WWF- Philippines has 13 project sites across the country and is at the cutting edge of an expanding spectrum which includes:
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Climate change policy, adaptation and mitigation drives Water resource management Coastal resource management for sustainable food security and livelihoods Business risk assessments from climate impacts Endangered species conservation Renewable energy technologies Environmental education Sustainable production and consumption.
WWF- Philippines works with individuals, the government, private companies and institutions to ensure these programs’ successes. The organization’s Board of Trustees oversees the overall strategic directions of the organization, led by its Chairman, Aurelio Montinola, Chief Executive Officer, Joel Palma.
MISSION
The organization aims to stop and eventually reverse the accelerating degradation of the Philippine environment to build a future in which Filipinos live in harmony in nature. The conservation of natural life today is crucial to tomorrow’s survival. It is within this context that WWF-Philippines tirelessly pursues its mission of preserving genetic species and ecosystem diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable and promoting actions to reduce pollution and wasteful consumption of resources and energy.
VISION
It envisions a Philippines where globallysignificant biodiversity is properly protected and harnessed to sustain life for all and where species, habitats and resources form part of a unique heritage that every Filipino is proud of. WWFPhilippines champions conservation in areas where marine biodiversity matters the most.