WWF

Matheus Stolet
History
Works in Brazil since
1971
Officially opened
an office in 1996
Created to support
research, legislation,
public policy,
environmental education
and communication.
Founded in 1961
The Morges Manifesto
(money)

Goals and Programs
Reduce enviromental
impact of agriculture.
Preserving the
Amazon, Cerrado,
Atlantic Rainforest
and the Pantanal.
Main Programs
Saving the Amazon
(1998)
Forest Conversion
Program (2001)
Saving the Amazon
Consolidate a
network of areas to
preserve biodiversity.
Sustainable use of
natural resources.
Educate
Developing strategies
with Acre
government.
Forest Conversion Programme
Stop the conversion
of forests to palm oil
plantations and soy
fields.
Dialogue with
companies to show
them there are
ecological and
profitable ways to use
the land.
Effectiveness
WWF is comprised of volunteers and
supported by big companies and famous
personalities.
Propaganda machine to educate.
Creation of Tumucumaque Mountains
National Park (9.5 million acres).
Works to protect more than 25 million
acres in Southwestern Amazon.

Opinion
Theoretically important
and life-changing
Not effective
Work with big
corporations
No true progess
demonstrated in website
Controversies
Supporters that hunt
Supporting Salmons on
steroids
Partnership with Monsanto
Works Cited
Works Cited
Gluesing, Jens, and Nils Klawitter. "WWF Helps
Industry More than Environment." SPIEGEL
ONLINE. Der Spiegel, 29 May 2012. Web. 06
Oct. 2014.
Lang, Chris. "WWF Scandal (part 4): The Dark
Side of the Panda." Redd-monitor.org. 29 May
2012. Web. 06 Oct. 2014.
WWF. "Amazon." WorldWildlife.org. World
Wildlife Fund, 2014. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
WWF. "WWF Forest Conversion Programme."
WWF Global. World Wildlife Fund, 2014. Web.
06 Oct. 2014.