How we work for the environment in Armenia

After many years spent actively pursuing the protection of the environment and the life it supports, we at WWF have learned that only by working together in willing and honest partnerships with governments, business, other organizations, local populations, and society as a whole can we succeed in alleviating poverty and conserving the renewable, life-sustaining resources of our fragile planet.

• WWF focuses on critical places and issues, and forges partnerships to make a measurable difference to the state of the world. In doing this we have prioritized those areas around the world which represent globally outstanding examples of biodiversity: we call these the "Global ecoregions".
• Three Biomes: WWF works on the the conservation of the three biomes of Forests Ecosystems, Freshwater Ecosystems, and Marine Ecosystems. These contain the bulk of the world's biodiversity and provide the environmental goods and services upon which all life ultimately depends.
• The question of Species: WWF has also identified a small number of flagship species whose conservation is of special concern and which act as powerful icons for the conservation of other species and habitats.
  
• The most pervasive Global Threat: WWF has targeted the most globally pervasive and insidious of the threats to biodiversity: the phenomenon of Climate Change.
• The world's biologically important areas: We call them "ecoregions" - there are more than 200 of them - and WWF is focusing its efforts in those that it has scientifically judged to be the most in need of help, while having the widest possible positive impacts.
• Programmes that have targets to meet: All WWF programmes of work have established clear conservation targets that identify those actions required for WWF to achieve its ambitious mission. They must also stand up to rigorous conservation standards.

Across the region
From 2004 to 2006, WWF coordinated the development of an Ecoregional Conservation Plan (ECP) for the Caucasus, a comprehensive strategy for the region that was signed by the Environmental Ministers of all member countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, the North Caucasus portion of the Russian Federation, northeastern Turkey, and part of northwestern Iran.