The Creation of World Wildlife Fund
Reposted from: http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/History/index.html
December 4, 2009 @ 9:20 am
A small but influential group of Europeans—scientists, naturalists, business and political leaders—rose to the occasion: on September 11,
1961 World Wildlife Fund was formed and soon set up shop at IUCN’s headquarters in Morges, Switzerland. H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands became the organization’s first president.