WWF-TURKEY

ABOUT WWF

• WWF stood for “ World Wildlife Fund”.• This organization conserve nature and

ecological processes.

ABOUT WWF-TURKEY• WWF-TURKEY established in 1996. It is

the Turkey National Organization of the WWF International.

• This organisation conserve the biodiversity and natural resources of Turkey.

• WWF-TURKEY’s projects about protecting species and regions are examined by government and this organisation try to find concrete solutions for the enviroment.

Enviroment Protection Projects:

• Living water • Sea and shores• Forests and steppes

SUCCESSES:• Kure mountains declared as a national

park.• “Shore’s administration and Tourism”

project was rewarded.• The river Ulubat is included in “Living

Lakes”.• 122 region, existing varied species of

plants is announced by WWF-TURKEY.

Water Sources Project

• Rational usage of water sources in Konya interior basin.

• Protecting the biodiversity in Ulubat lake.

Sea and Shores Project

• Protecting regions used by caretta carettas to ovulate.

• The tourism and conserving project of Likya shores put into practice.

Forest Project:

• Detecting protected habitats in Mediterranean Region.

• Trying to locate the Panthera Pardus Tuliana.

• Turkey has 254 plant species facing with extinction but only %1 of the regions having these species are protecting.

• WWF-TURKEY continue working about this situation and they are trying to find solutions.

• In sabanci university people are sensitive about enviroment. There are recycle bins and there is group of students who put a lot of work in for the enviroment.

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Source

www.wwf.org.tr/tr