WWF Australia

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Earth Hour 2008 in Sydney

The WWF-Australia is a national section of the World Wide Fund For Nature . The organization, based in Sydney , was founded in 1978 and is committed to protecting the biosphere in Australia and the South Pacific . WWF-Australia achieved fame through the Earth Hour , which took place for the first time in 2007. The aim of the campaign is to have people around the world turn off electric lights for an hour to draw attention to the problem of climate change. This resulted in a global campaign that took place in 178 countries in 2016.

organization

WWF Australia is financially supported by around 50,000 people, led by a board of directors and has 80 so-called governors . There is also an administration team and 100 employees who work in nature conservation programs, field missions, fundraising and administrative tasks.

WWF Australia sets its goals in five-year plans. This currently includes the protection of the Great Barrier Reef , the biosphere of the southwestern Australian region, the rainforest inland Borneo , the marine world of the so-called Coral Triangle and the Southwest Pacific, as well as for the development of sustainability in marine fisheries and climate change.

history

It was founded on June 29, 1978 in Sydney and the first annual meeting was held in 1979 at the Sydney Opera House . In the first few years after its founding, WWF-Australia was primarily dedicated to the protection of the national wildlife and in 1987 founded an observation program to prevent the illegal trade in wild animals and their products, including agencies in New Zealand and the South Pacific . In 1999 the influence of WWF-Australia was significant that the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act , which is important for the environmental protection program , was passed.

In the 2000s, the association ran marine conservation campaigns, including protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the Ningaloo Reef . The association achieved that in 2004 the Australian government increased the protected area of ​​the Great Barrier Reef from 4.6 to 33%. Further initiatives to protect landscapes in Australian states such as coastal areas, wetlands and rainforests have been initiated. In the 2000s, WWF Australia also successfully campaigned for a ban on the exploitation of raw materials in the Antarctic . In Queensland , WWF-Australia was committed to limiting land clearing through timber and agriculture. The significant and originally preserved rainforest in Tasmania in the Tarkine region was protected after a WWF campaign.

In 2007, the association initiated Earth Hour , at which two million people and 2,000 companies in the greater Sydney area turned off the lights for an hour. The aim was to raise awareness of climate change, especially in Australia. This campaign grew into a global initiative over the next few years.

Other campaigns to protect the biosphere in 2007 included Macquarie Island , where native wildlife had to be protected from migrating wildlife, and the designation of marine protected areas such as the 180,000 km² Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Areas in the South Pacific.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Earth Hour: Records for the anniversary. (No longer available online.) In: wwf.de. WWF Germany , March 20, 2016, archived from the original on April 24, 2016 ; Retrieved April 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wwf.de
  2. ↑ One hour of darkness for climate protection . In: Frankfurter Neue Presse . March 17, 2016, p. 20 .
  3. ^ Leadership and Governance. In: wwf.org.au. WWF-Australia, accessed May 29, 2012 .
  4. ^ Southwest Australia. In: wwf.org.au. WWF-Australia, accessed April 29, 2012 .
  5. ^ WWF-Australia's 5 Year Plan. In: wwf.org.au. Retrieved April 19, 2012 .
  6. ^ WWF-Australia: History. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Success Stories. In: wwf.org.au. WWF-Australia, accessed April 29, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Tanzania: A small, sustainable revolution for the forest. In: wwf.de. WWF Germany, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Sydney's Opera is an hour in the dark . In: The world . April 2, 2007, p. 13 .
  10. ↑ Vera Sprothen: A continent on standby . In: The time . No. 16 , 2007.
  11. ↑ Worldwide campaign: The hour of darkness for climate protection. In: spiegel.de. March 30, 2008, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  12. ↑ This is WWF Earth Hour. In: wwf.de. WWF Germany, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  13. ^ The History of WWF Australia. In: wwf.org.au. Retrieved April 29, 2012 .