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WWF Spain

WWF Spain is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WWF Spain rather than just read about it. In short: WWF Spain (Spanish: WWF España) is the Spanish section of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which is one of the world's largest organizations dedicated to the conservation of nature, with headquarters in more than 100 countries. Its mission is to halt the environmental degradation of the planet and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, through the protection and conservation of biodiversity…

Key takeaways

WWF Spain belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WWF Spain to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WWF Spain from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WWF Spain (Spanish: WWF España) is the Spanish section of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which is one of the world's largest organizations dedicated to the conservation of nature, with headquarters in more than 100 countries. Its mission is to halt the environmental degradation of the planet and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, through the protection and conservation of biodiversity and the reduction of the ecological footprint.

Beginnings The WWF was founded in 1961 with the main goal of raising funds and acting in the defense of endangered natural species around the world. One of the WWF's first and most ambitious goals was to buy land in Doñana to preserve the wild marshes from imminent industrialization. The Spanish section of WWF was created on 30 July 1968 under the name ADENA, which stands for Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza. Naturalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente was one of its founders and served as its vice president until his death in 1980.

Rodríguez de la Fuente fought for the creation of natural and national parks, the protection of endangered species—such as wolves, the Eurasian griffon vulture, and the peregrine falcon. Thanks to him, it was possible to save the Tablas de Daimiel wetlands from drying out, to prevent the construction of an urban development in the Albufera de València, and to enforce the legal protection of the Doñana and Cabrera parks. Therefore, the creation of ADENA is closely linked to the creation of the Doñana National Park, one of the most biodiverse places in Europe. The organization later joined the WWF network and became known as WWF/Adena. Since 2009, it has been known as WWF Spain. ADENA's way of working focuses on conservation projects on the ground and with local communities, seeking solutions to environmental problems, in contrast to the other major environmental organizations working in Spain, such as Greenpeace and Ecologists in Action, which work more on denunciation at a global and local scale, respectively. WWF's global logo, the giant panda, has become an icon that the public identifies with nature conservation.

The 1970s ADENA launched the first campaign for the conservation of amphibians in Spain and took part in campaigns against poisoning, for the protection of the wetlands of La Mancha, against illegal hunting, and other causes. In 1973, it participated in the First Working Meeting of Wolf Specialists and of the First International Conference on Conservation of the Wolf held in Stockholm, Sweden. In subsequent years, it created the Birds of Prey Refuge of Montejo de la Vega. Moreover, in order to preserve the Mediterranean fauna, it launched a campaign in defense of the mountain ranges and forests of Extremadura and proposed the creation of the Tablas de Daimiel National Park.

The 1980s In 1983, Adena launched the first issue of its magazine Panda, and began taking part in projects to study the Iberian lynx and the white stork, studying the ecology of many other animal species, and actively fighting for their conservation. Furthermore, it created a database of plants endemic to the Spanish Mediterranean and launched the awareness campaign Salvemos las plantas que nos salvan a nosotros, an unprecedented initiative for the conservation of forests. It also created the La Encantá Botanical Micro-reserve in Villarrobledo, Albacete; launched environmental education activities; dealt a hard blow to the poaching of bears in Asturias; continued to work for the protection of the Doñana National Park; and decried the construction of the Costa Doñana residential development.

The 1990s WWF helped complete the list of natural areas to be included in the Natura 2000 network.

The 21st century

Honorary presidency In 2012, a controversy arose surrounding an elephant hunting safari in Botswana involving then King Juan Carlos I of Spain, who had been the honorary president of WWF Spain since its founding in 1968. The king had been going on these safaris since 2006, but the news came to light when the government announced harsh economic cuts for the Spanish people. On 21 July 2012, via a special assembly, the organization decided by 226 to 13 votes to remove the position of honorary president from its statutes.

See also World Wide Fund for Nature Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Doñana National Park

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links Official website of WWW España Website of WWW España's Panda magazine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WWF Spain

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WWF Spain claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WWF Spain before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WWF Spain ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WWF Spain

In research: WWF Spain appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WWF Spain in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WWF Spain is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 establishments in Spain, Environmental organisations based in Spain, Environmental organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WWF Spain outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WWF Spain in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WWF Spain means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does WWF Spain matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WWF Spain?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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