World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Forests for Life Programme
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| World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Forests for Life Programme | |
|---|---|
| Founded: | 1961 |
| Scope: | Global |
| Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
| Type of institution: | Non-governmental organisation |
| Field of work: | Policy |
| Language: | English |
| URL: | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Forests for Life Programme website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | WWF |
| Country(ies): | Switzerland |
| Date: | 2/2/2012 |
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around 1,300 conservation and environmental projects.
| Objective | To preserve remaining forests and to work in partnership to promote sustainable forestry |
| Thematic priority(ies) | Deforestation, climate change, forest and people, sustainable forest and energy |
| Functions | To halt and reverse the destruction of our environment, focusing on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests, freshwater ecosystems, and oceans and coasts |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | FSC, REDD, IIASA,FSC,CBD,UNFCCC, UNESCO |
| Keywords | Forest conservation, biological biodiversity, natural resources, pollution, policy making |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| Forest resources and carbon, health and vitality, protective functions, socio-economic functions | Forest area, carbon stock, forest damage, increment and fellings, trade in wood, and net revenue | Green house emission and carbon stock, forest damage |
