History

World Wide Fund for Nature- India (WWF-India) was registered as a Charitable Trust in 1969. Since its inception WWF-India has been the premier organisation engaged in the conservation of nature and wildlife and allied environmental activities in India and working to promote harmony between human beings and nature.

The organization is part of the WWF Network with independent national organisations and programme offices across the world. The coordinating body, the WWF International, is located at Gland in Switzerland.

Please visit http://www.wwfindia.org/  to learn more about WWF-India.

Mission:

To stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:

* Conserving the world's biological diversity
* Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
* Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

Areas of Work:

WWF-India is an autonomous office of WWF Network with the Secretariat based in New Delhi. There are a large number of Programme/ Field Offices, as well as State/ Divisional Offices across the country, who do conservation work on the ground.

Our work extends through the length and breadth of the country, be it in the far reaches of the Himalayan region, the arid deserts in the west, the swampy grasslands in the east or the coastal belts flanking the country.

Within India, there are a number of regions that are critical in terms of the sheer biodiversity they harbour, as well as the environmentally sensitive areas they are located in.

These regions range from the bird paradise Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, in Western India, to the biodiversity hotspots of the Eastern Himalayas in the East and from the fragile high altitude lakes of Ladakh in the North, to the dense jungles of the South-Western Ghats in Southern India. WWF-India is working to conserve these critical regions through a number of initiatives and conservation approaches.

WWF-India is addressing species conservation through field level activities in different landscapes as well as through direct interventions aimed at conserving a particular species. Species whose conservation is targeted within landscapes are – Royal Bengal Tiger, Asian Elephant, Indian Rhino, Red Panda, Nilgiri Tahr, Black-necked Crane and Snow Leopard. In addition to the landscape approach, conservation needs of the Tiger, Elephant Asiatic Lion and the Snow Leopard, are also addressed in different states of India

In addition to the above, WWF- India strives to sensitise the society with the aim of reducing India’s Global Footprint  through the following initiatives:

(1) Generating awareness on climate change related issues and creating a mandate for mitigating climate change
(2) Reducing levels of pollution in freshwater bodies and rivers and use of sustainable agriculture
(3) Ensuring responsible forestry
(4) Protecting our marine wealth
(5) Promoting sustainable business.

Hiring/ Contracting Mechanism:

Staffs are hired on annual contracts, extendable, based on satisfactory performance assessed by the achievement of agreed deliverables, as well as continuity of the project on which they work.

Gender Balancing, Other Hiring Philosophies:

WWF-India is an equal opportunities employer. Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

Compensation Practices/ Other:

WWF-India provides remuneration which is competitive with Indian NGO pay scales. Remuneration depends upon the candidate’s experience levels and the overall WWF-India salary structure