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 formerly named the World Wildlife Fund which remains its official name in Canada and the United States. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide working in more than 100 countries supporting around 1300 conservation and environmental projects.
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founded by
Guy Mountfort, Peter Scott, Julian Huxley, Godfrey A. Rockefeller, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Edward Max Nicholson
founding date
1961-04-29, 1961-09-11
founding year
1961-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
key person
Yolanda Kakabadse, Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
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