As the largest international non-governmental organization engaged in the global ecological conservation, the 1961-born World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), during its ecological governance practices worldwide over the past decades, has accumulated a great deal of experiences in the ecological conservation and the environmental protection. In applying these experiences to China, WWF has demonstrated high adaptability and flexibility in accommodating China's specific situation, and this could be seen in its adherence to advanced conceptions, and also in its approaches in conducting specific projects. In the past years, WWF has made a remarkable progress in its participation in China's ecological governance, and has gained applauses from the relevant Chinese stakeholders. This paper analyzes two typical cases among the many projects in WWF's Yangtze River conservation program, and summarizes the outstanding features of WWF in conducting ecological governance activities in China. On basis of this, the paper provides some lessons that China could learn from this organization.
SUN Mengxin
. Features of the Ecological Governance Activity of WWF as Seen from Its Yangtze River Program[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2014
, 32(24)
: 78
-83
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DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2014.24.013
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