
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
WWF Norway's strategy for international conservation is to secure biodiversity through conservation and development efforts with the needs of the local
population in mind, and to ensure sustainable use of resources. By emphasising institution-building and the local population's right to know about, for
instance, the pollutants to which they are being exposed, our projects may also have a democratising effect on the countries in question.
As a part of a global network with extensive competence and a large number of conservation and development projects all over the world, WWF Norway has access to
a comprehensive and varied project portfolio which puts us in a position to support those projects that are closest to our idea of community conservation. WWF
Norway is responsible for projects in Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China.

Emerging rock formation Vohimena Zombitse National Park Madagascar
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In Madagascar, WWF cooperates with local communities to save the dry tropical forests of Zombitse-Vohibasia. The first phase has halted the destructive fires in
the region, and also succeeded in protecting the forest as a national park (soon to be officially established). The project is viewed as a model-project on
Madagascar with regard to involving the local population and building local alliances. Phase two is now underways in more villages.
- In Zimbabwe, WWF cooperates with local communities to achieve sustainable use of wildlife. CAMPFIRE (Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous
Resources) is a fully integrated conservation and development program for community resource management with an emphasis on animals.
- In Indonesia, WWF has been the driving force to establish the new national park of Bukit Tigapuluh in central Sumatra. The project is an integrated
conservation- and development project which provides the foundation for long term conservation and management of the larger areas with lowland rainforest on
Sumatra.
- In Malaysian Borneo, WWF runs a model project on how sustainable tourism can be used as a strategy for sustainable development. The project's primary
target group is the population in and around the natural environment. This project is located in Kinabatangan River are of Sabah, Borneo, which is famous for
its populations of proboscis monkeys as well as orangutangs.

The Stone Forest Yunnan Province, China
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- In Yunnan province of Southern China, WWF supports a training program for conservationists working in a region wide, large-scale conservation and
development program run by other donors..
- In Nakuru, Kenya, WWF aims to reduce pollution from industry, agriculture, and transport to ensure sustainable use of the resources in the area. This will
come about through the establishment of a Pollution Release and Transfer Register, the building of competence in local organisations, and through cooperation
with local governments and local industry regarding practical solutions for the managing of waste. The project was brought to life as a result of the widespread
demise of birdlife in Lake Nakuru National park, most notably among flamingos, which was seen in connection with the rapidly increasing pollution assosiated
with the expansion of Nakuru City.
- In the The Czech Republic, WWF also works to combat pollutants through capacity building. The project seeks to reduce the harmfulness, use, production,
emissions of, and dependence on persistent organic pollutants in industry and agriculture. The civil society in The Czech Republic, state and local
authorities, and the Czech industry are target groups for the project.
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