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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

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The Statesman’s Yearbook

Part of the book series: The Statesman’s Yearbook ((SYBK))

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Origin. WWF was officially formed and registered as a charity on 11 Sept. 1961. The first National Appeal was launched in the United Kingdom on 23 Nov. 1961, shortly followed by the United States and Switzerland.

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Barry Turner

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© 2013 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Turner, B. (2013). World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-59643-0_58

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