WHO THEY ARE

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is one of the largest independent international environmental organizations, uniting about 5 million regular supporters and operating in more than 100 countries.

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.

During this time, more than 1000 field projects aimed at preserving the nature of Russia were implemented. With the participation of the Foundation: more than 52 million hectares of unique territories have been granted conservation status, the bison and the Asiatic leopard have been returned to the wild, the Amur tiger and Far Eastern leopard populations have been restored, the snow leopard and argali in the Altai have been preserved, the "Bear Patrols" have been created in the Arctic, important changes have been made in the Criminal Code.

WHAT THEY DO

WWF preserves rare species of animals that are threatened with extinction - the Amur tiger, the Far Eastern and the Asiatic leopards, the polar bear, the snow leopard, the Atlantic walrus, the bison, the mountain sheep argali, etc. They help protect unique wild territories by creating reserves, sanctuaries, national parks and protected areas.

WHERE THEY WORK

The WWF Russia offices are located in Moscow, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.