[00:05.07]Unit 22 Environmental Protection Culture Corner
[00:10.88]The World Wildlife Fund
[00:13.93]The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
[00:16.91]was found by Sir Peter Scott in 1961.
[00:20.98]His goal was to help protect the Earth's
[00:23.39]natural environment.
[00:25.04]Today the WWF is the world's largest
[00:27.76]conservation organization.
[00:30.08]It has almost 5 million supporters
[00:32.26]all over the world and has organized more than
[00:35.14]11.000 projects in 130 countries.
[00:39.75]Besides protecting endangered species,
[00:42.53]the WWF concentrates on these key areas
[00:46.01]of global conservation:
[00:50.21]Climate change
[00:52.34]Burning coal and oil produces gases
[00:54.66]like Carbon Dioxide,
[00:56.33]which are the major cause of global warming.
[00:59.39]About 23,000,000,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide
[01:02.68]are released into the atmosphere every year.
[01:05.62]The WWF encourages governments and businesses
[01:08.77]to start using clean,
[01:10.51]renewable energy sources like wind,
[01:13.38]water and solar power.
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