Why wwf is needed
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61% of fish stocks are fully fished (fishing pressure is close to, or at the maximum limit of what can be sustained before overfishing will likely occur) and 29% are overfished (which means they are taken out of the water at biologically unsustainable levels)
Less than 4% of the ocean benefits from some kind of protection
The diversity of life on Earth is not simply something to marvel over - it's also vital for our own health and livelihoods. Plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms form a complex, interconnected web of ecosystems and habitats that provides our life support system. They give us clean water, breatheable air, food, medicine, energy, and much more. We simply cannot survive without them.
There’s a problem, however. We are using nearly 30% more natural resources than the Earth can replenish and our activities are drastically changing the planet’s climate. As a result the life support system is starting to break down. Millions of people are already feeling the consequences. And things will get much worse if we keep going the same way. WWF’s objective is to change course. They want to ensure that the world’s most important fisheries and ocean ecosystems are productive and resilient and improve livelihoods and biodiversity; that the most iconic and endangered species are secured
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and recovering in the wild; that the integrity of our most important forests, including their benefits to human wellbeing, is enhanced and maintained; that freshwater ecosystems and flow regimes provide water for people and nature; that A global shift toward a low carbon and climate resilient future is achieved; and that sustainable food systems conserve nature and maintain food security. They have reached a fork in the road. This generation and WWF have a huge opportunity to build a sustainable future for all and momentum is on our side. The situation could go either way, and we – WWF, civil society, governments and corporates – must be at our best to ensure we move toward a society that is less destructive and more equal.
Wwf russia step by stEp
The first project in the former USSR, the creation of the Great Arctic Reserve, was financed by WWF in 1989. Five years later, the Foundation opened its representative office in Russia, and in 2004 the World Wildlife Fund became a national organization.
The first WWF projects in Russia started in 1989, and in 1994 Russian WWF representative office was opened. In 2004, WWF Russia became a Russian national organization. For more than 20 years, the Foundation has successfully implemented more than 1,000 field projects in 47 regions of Russia and has invested over 137 million euro in the effort to preserve and increase the country's natural wealth.
SUMMARY
Summing everything up World Wildlife Fund of Nature is not just a great nature protecting organization, it is embodiment of great human desire to live in harmony with our world, which unites people of the whole planet and gives us the chance to the bright future.
RESOURSES
http://wwf.panda.org/
https://new.wwf.ru/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature
