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WWF Mexico office

WWF has been present in Mexico since 1968, when it began a study on the Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi).

In 1990, WWF established an office in Oaxaca, and in 1993 formally established a presence with a mandate for developing conservation projects across the country. That same year, WWF championed the establishment of the Mexican Fund for Conservation of Nature (FMCN). With more than US$30 million as an endowment, the FMCN is currently the largest private nature conservation in Latin America.

In 1998, WWF opened an office in the Chihuahuan Desert, and the following year, local offices for the Gulf of California and the Mesoamerican Reef. At the beginning of 2004 a new office in the monarch butterfly state of Michoacán was also opened.

Founded: 1993

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Contact

Jatziri Perez

Communications Coordinator WWF Mexico Programme Office,
Mexico +52 55 52865631 ext 223

Office

WWF Mexico Programme Office,
Mexico

Avenue Mexico No. 51 Col. Hipodromo Condesa 06170 Mexico,
D.F. Mexico +52 55 5286 5631 +52 55 5286 5637

Website

www.wwf.org.mx

WWF in Mexico

WWF Conservation Projects in Mexico

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in wintering area. Mexico.

Safe landing for migrating monarch butterflies

Every year, millions of monarch butterflies travel some 4,500km from Canada and the United States to the pine and oyamel fir forests of Mexico. But in...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 1997

At the Big Bend area, on the Rio Grande, WWF collaborates with protected areas on both sides of the Mexico-United States border to preserve this majestic landscape. Mexico.

Protecting the Chihuahuan

The Chihuahuan is the largest desert in North America, stretching all the way from the southwestern United States deep into the Central Mexican Highla...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 1993

King angel fish (Holocanthus passer) in coral reef, Gulf of California. Mexico.

Marine protection for the Gulf of California

The small subtropical sea between the mainland of Mexico and the Baja Peninsula is the Gulf of California - a large inlet once fed by several rivers, ...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Apr 1993

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Earth Hour

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.

Posted on 05 February 2009 | 7 comments | Read more

Solutions exist! We need to use "clean" or renewable energy such as sun and wind. The Sustainable Energy Development Authority Office's in Sydney has installed solar panels on their roof.

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.

Posted on 26 January 2009 | Read more

Bigeye Tuna for sale at the fish market in Hawaii.

Pacific tuna face risky fisheries meeting

Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific also face collapse if a forthcoming management meeting doesn't dramatically change the way they are harvested, WWF warned today.

Posted on 27 November 2008 | 1 comments | Read more

Some 200,000 endangered loggerhead turtles (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) drown annually on longlines set around the world for tuna, swordfish, and other fish.

Fishing Technology That’s Letting Turtles Off the Hook

Santiago de Cali, Colombia - Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a report released by WWF and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).

Posted on 26 August 2008 | Read more

Climate Witness Octavio Mancilla, Mexico

Climate Witness: Octavio Mancilla, Mexico

Octavio Mancilla’s grandfather once trudged across glaciers and snow on the Iztaccihuatl volcano.  Walking in his footsteps some 40 years later, Octavio says that little of this remains, with the area covered by snow gradually decreasing. Down in the valley, rivers are almost dry. And that's just the beginning of the story...

Posted on 30 May 2008 | 1 comments | Read more

Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

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.

Posted on 05 March 2008 | 2 comments | Read more

WWF estimates that the Philippines could save US$2.9 billion in avoided fossil-fuel imports over the next ten years if the country’s vast renewable energy resources are tapped.

Get smart: G8 should promote energy efficiency

A new WWF report shows what each of the G8 plus 5 countries can do to save energy and the climate while promoting their energy security with sustainable economic growth.

Posted on 29 May 2007 | 1 comments | Read more

The Mesoamerican Reef – a priority ecoregion for WWF’s work worldwide – covers a large territory from the Bay Islands in the north of Honduras to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, including the Guatemalan and Belizean coasts. However, natural resources in some of the area’s crucial protected areas are often poorly managed.

WWF and TNC assess climate change impacts on the Mesoamerican Reef

WWF and The Nature Conservancy are undertaking a major regional assessment of Central America’s Mesoamerican Reef to determine the impacts of climate change on coral reefs.

Posted on 04 July 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Sustainable traps are helping in the fight against the overfishing of spiny lobsters in the Mesoamerican reef.

Sustainable traps boost lobster conservation in Central America

In a joint effort between WWF and a university in Nicaragua, fishermen have tested and approved sustainable lobster traps in efforts to conserve the species.

Posted on 01 June 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Carlos Drews

Marine turtles: Facing danger at every turn

The causes of decline and the present and future threats to marine turtles are diverse. Habitat destruction and alteration, overexploitation for meat, hides, eggs and shells, and incidental capture in fisheries pose the greatest therats to marine turtle populations.

Posted on 20 April 2005 | 1 comments | Read more

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