A Message from our Rep...

Since 2004, Dale Withington has taken the postion of Representative of the WWF South Pacific Programme, headquartered in Suva, Fiji.

Conservation Calendar

  • 1961 »   WWF is established in Switzerland
  • 1990 »   Regional Secretariat in Suva is set up
  • 2000 »   EXCO, made up of the Asia Pacific Director, the SPP Representative and the Country Managers was established and members meet to set the strategy for WWF SPPO
  • 2001 »   Conservation Partnership Programme is established.
  • 2002 »   The Climate Change Programme was established in WWF SPPO
  • 2004 »   100 staff in WWF SPPO offices

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WWF in the South Pacific

The Last Frontier, still largely unexplored

Many freshwater and marine species are found only in the Pacific

The Pacific region is a marvel of terrestrial, aquatic and coral reefs with the largest block of intact tropical rainforest in Asia Pacific. Many freshwater and marine species are found nowhere else in the world!

Given the splendour of this region, WWF has been working since 1990 with the governments and peoples of the Pacific on conservation and natural resource management programmes and projects.

“The South Pacific's greatest assets are our people, culture, and environment. If we destroy our environment, we lose our livelihood.”

Working with governments and people

Pacific Postcards to the President: Please Stop Dangerous Climate Change!

The WWF South Pacific Programme Office (WWF SPPO) is a non-governmental conservation organisation serving the Pacific Island countries. The programme was established in 1990 as part of WWF's endeavour to work effectively and appropriately locally in the region. The programme is managed from a regional base in Suva, Fiji and organises a strategic series of conservation field projects, policy reviews and campaigns in different Pacific Island countries on behalf of the WWF network. As well as the Regional Secretariat in Suva, Country programme offices have been established in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, as well as a project office in the Cook Islands. We work closely with WWF France on projects in New Caledonia and French Polynesia as well as throughout the Pacific on regional issues. In 2004, WWF SPPO had more than 100 staff.

WWF International

A global Network Active in over 90 countries

Established in 1961, WWF (formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund) is headquartered in Gland, Switzerland. It has 4.7 million supporters and a global network active in more than 90 countries. WWF is currently funding over 2,000 conservation projects around the world. In just over four decades, WWF has become one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF's ultimate goal is to stop and eventually reverse environmental degradation and to build a future where people live in harmony with nature.

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