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  • May 17, 1003

    School children across the U.S. respond to WWF's 'Pennies for Pandas' campaign in 1984, donating more than $50,000 for panda conservation. Nancy Reagan personally delivers the gift to the Chinese government during a visit to Beijing.

    School children across the U.S. respond to WWF's 'Pennies for Pandas' campaign in 1984, donating more than $50,000 for panda conservation. Nancy Reagan personally delivers the gift to the Chinese government during a visit to Beijing.
  • Jul 16, 1203

    WWF collaborates with Cultural Survival in 1988 to help Ecuador's Awndians gain title to their homeland in the tropical forests near the Colombian border, and to manage their wildlands productively.

    WWF collaborates with Cultural Survival in 1988 to help Ecuador's Awndians gain title to their homeland in the tropical forests near the Colombian border, and to manage their wildlands productively.
  • Aug 16, 1400

    WWF helps establish the Guaraquea Ecological Station

    WWF helps establish the Guaraquea Ecological Station

  • WWF helps create the first national park in Bhutan by transforming the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

  • WWF and the Malawi government work together

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    In 1961, a limited number of organizations around the world—such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and The Conservation Foundation—were trying to meet conservation needs, but were desperately short of funds.

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    In 1961, a limited number of organizations around the world—such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and The Conservation Foundation—were trying to meet conservation needs, but were desperately short of funds.

  • Another project in 1961 helps Colombian con-servationists establish a small nature reserve. These efforts supplement WWF support for the conservation programs of IUCN, the International Council for Bird Preser-vation (ICBP) and WWF-International.

  • to the Smithsonian Institution to study the tiger population of the Chitwan Sanctuary in Nepal,

  • The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES) is negotiated

  • WWF and IUCN in 1976 create TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network that works to ensure trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature

  • WWF and IUCN in 1976 create TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network that works to ensure trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature

  • Through these debt-for-nature swaps, WWF will convert portions of national debts into funding for conservation.

  • WWF's long-established support of projects in Africa is strengthened by the creation of an Africa program and a formal tie (since discontinued) with the African Wildlife Foundation in 1983.

    WWF's long-established support of projects in Africa is strengthened by the creation of an Africa program and a formal tie (since discontinued) with the African Wildlife Foundation in 1983.

  • WWF begins awarding the annual $50,000 Getty Prize for outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation in 1974.

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