GLOBALLY WORKING

ORGNISATIONS FOR CONSERVTION

OF WILDLIFE
SUBMITTED TO- DR. TANU ALLEN
BY SANA HASAN
BSC (H) ZOOLOGY
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• There are now 41,415 species on the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List, and
2700 of them are endangered species threatened
with extinction. This includes both endangered
animals and endangered plants.
• Wildlife conservation is the practice of
• IUCN estimates that 27,000 species of the ones
assessed are at risk for extinction but when
expanding to all existing species, according to a
2019 UN report on biodiversity, this estimate is
higher at a million species. protecting wild
species and their habitats in order to prevent
species from going extinct.
 1. IUCN- INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
• The International Union for Conservation of
Nature-IUCN; is an international
organisation working in the field of nature
conservation and sustainable use of natural
resources.. It is involved in data gathering and
analysis, research, field projects, advocacy and
education. IUCN's mission is to "influence,
encourage and assist societies throughout the
world to conserve nature and to ensure that any
use of natural resources is equitable and
ecologically sustainable".
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2. WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE

• The World Wide Fund for

Nature (WWF) is an international non-
governmental organization founded in
1961, that works in the field of wilderness
preservation and the reduction of human
impact on environment.
3. THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY
• The Nature Conservancy works with local communities, businesses, and individuals
to protect over 125 million acres of land around the globe. 1
• The goal of this organization is to preserve entire wildlife communities along with
their rich species diversity, a holistic approach that's vital to the health of our planet.
4. THE SIERRA CLUB

• The Sierra Club, a grassroots organization that works to protect ecological

communities, encourage smart energy solutions, and create an enduring legacy
for America's wildernesses, was co-founded by naturalist and
conservationist John Muir in 1892.
 5. OCEANA
• The largest non-profit organization devoted
exclusively to the world's oceans, Oceana
works to shield fish, marine mammals, and
other aquatic life from the deleterious effects of
pollution and industrial fishing.
• Oceana is dedicated to combating the numerous
threats to the world's oceans that climate
change imposes. Its main focus has been
the acidification of ocean which threatens
marine life, especially shellfish and coral that
are necessary to many marine ecosystems, and,
consequently, sources of seafood.
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