The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005 pp 119-119 | Cite as
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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Origin. WWF was officially formed and registered as a charity on 11 Sept. 1961. The first National Appeal, with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh as President, was launched in the United Kingdom on 23 Nov. 1961, shortly followed by the United States and Switzerland.
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