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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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Conservation and animals
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Children and families
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Business and Trade
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Military action
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Detailed explanation-1: -The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a non-governmental organization (or “NGO") founded in 1961 to protect endangered species of wildlife and preserve natural habitats. WWF has grown to become the world’s largest conservation organization with over 5 million members worldwide.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does the World Wide Fund for Nature do? The mission statement of the WWF is to conserve nature and alarm the world of the ecological pressing issues. Their work spans across issues relevant to climate, food, forests, freshwater, oceans and wildlife.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wildlife SOS is one of the premier NGOs in India for wildlife conservation. Started in 1998, it began with an objective to protect India’s biodiversity wealth in conjunction with the indigenous communities of India. In fact, more than 40% of their staff belong to tribal communities who work in the forests.
Detailed explanation-4: -World Wide Fund for Nature-India, or WWF-India, is a conservation organization dedicated to building a healthy living planet for future generations. We do this by adopting a two-pronged approach to conservation which includes Biodiversity Conservation, and Footprint Reduction.