Environmental Studies AS- Conservation

Open a word documentHeading – Conservation, The role of

voluntary organisations and pressure groups (also known as Non-governmental Organisations/NGOs)

Copy this header

Subheading - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

World Wide Fund for NatureGo to their website

http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/ Click on “About WWF”. You then get a series

of options. Use these options to create a spider diagram showing (you will need to keep it brief not copy and paste):How big the organisation is (how many

members, how many countries, etc) The organisation’s Guiding PrinciplesWhat WWF does in the UK

Now copy this world map into your word document, give it a heading – WWF around the World

Add text boxes to the world map showing what they do around the world – find some detail of locations, species conserved, funding and the impacts the programmes are having.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)Put a new sub-heading – as above.Copy and paste

Use the website http://www.rspb.org.uk/ Click on “About us” and you will be able to access

the same information . Create another spider diagramHow big the organisation is (how many members, etc) What does the RSPB try to do?What the RSPB does in the UK

Map of the RSPB reservesCopy and paste the map and give it a heading

(above)Label the map to identify some of the reserves and

their characteristics.

Forestry Stewardship CouncilInsert a new sub-heading (above)Go to their website Then click on “About FSC” – watch the video

and look at the top 10 questions. Produce a spider diagram summarisingHow big the organisation is (how many countries,

etc) The organisation’s aimsWhat FSC does

Make notes about why FSC certification is such a good thing and bring to lesson. We’ll be using that to make posters.