Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina is a partner organisation of WWF since 1988. It's mission is to promote conservation of biodiversity and natural resources in Argentine and reverse unsustainable consumption patterns. together with WWF, we conduct joint campaigns, exchange information and act together to implement conservation programmes and projects.
FVS has offices located in Buenos Aires, Puerto Iguazú, and Mar del Plata.
Founded: 1977
Environmental conservation work in Argentina
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Jan Heinrich
Director Institutional Development & Communication
Fundacion Vida Silvestre,
Buenos Aires
Office Address
Fundacion Vida Silvestre,
Buenos Aires
Defensa 251 - 6 Piso "K" 1065 Capital Federal Buenos Aires Argentina +54 11 4343 4086 +54 11 4331 3631
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WWF Conservation Projects in Argentina
Protecting the Valdivian forests of Chile and Argentina
The Valdivian forests of Argentina and Chile are the only temperate rainforests in South America. They are home to the alerce tree, the southern hemis...
Coordination for Conservation of the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion
With the advent of ecoregion-based conservation in 1997 and the identification of the Atlantic Forest as one of the most important ecoregions in the w...
Restoring South America’s Atlantic forests
The Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest stretches across the borders of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The rainforests are among the most biologically-rich ...
Conservation News concerning Argentina
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Argentina, Paraguay make historic forest pledge
Argentina and Paraguay on Tuesday made a historic pledge to save one of the world’s most threatened forests.
WWF delivers on 100 million hectares of wetlands pledge
Declaration of the high Andes home to two of the three species of Andean flamingos marks WWF’s delivery of a “crazy, unrealistic pledge” to deliver 100 million hectares of new protected wetlands in a decade.
Polar bears and penguins 'just tip of climate change iceberg'
New evidence from the North and South Poles indicates that time is running out for the world’s leaders to respond to climate change.
Civil society wants sustainable growth package from G-20
WWF International Director General James Leape and others have signed an open letter addressed to G-20 heads of state on behalf of an "international global coalition for a green economy” asking the group to pick an economic stimulus package that supports sustainable growth.
Earth Hour 2009 setting new records in climate concern
With eight weeks still to go, citizens, businesses and public authorities in 375 cities across 74 countries have already committed to turning off their lights for one hour at 8.30pm on 28 March in a graphic show of support for decisive action on climate change.
Green economy will help fight climate change
New figures released today show that moving to a “green” global economy could not only protect the planet from the worst effects of climate change but is surprisingly affordable.
Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found.
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.
The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems.
WWF competition nets sustainable fishing solutions
A team of inventors from the United States has won the third WWF International Smart Gear Competition for an invention that could save fish and other marine life from dying or being discarded each year.
Saving energy is key to solving Argentina's climate and energy crisis
Argentina could reduce its expected electric energy growth up to 30% by 2020 and avoid up to US$6.5 billion in new energy investments while stabilizing its power sector’s carbon dioxide emissions at 2005 levels by 2020.