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Also Known As World Wide Fund for Nature • World Wildlife Fund
Date 1961 - present
Areas Of Involvement conservation • biodiversity • wildlife conservation
Related People Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld • Sir Peter Markham Scott

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