A Word from the President

It gives me immense pleasure in bringing to you the Annual Review 2006 of WWF-India. The Review spells out the growing work of the organisation and addresses a wide variety of environmental issues in India.

There are numerous challenges in the way of working towards sustainability – our ecological footprint is larger than our bio-capacity - we are exploiting our natural resources beyond the Earth’s threshold as outlined by our Living Planet Report 2006. More over, there is an urgent need to balance the work on poverty-reduction strategies and economic growth with conservation efforts.

However, WWF-India with its nation-wide presence and a dedicated team of workers is in a unique position to address these challenges. Our various programmes make a direct intervention and lead to conservation of our natural environment to ensure that ecologically sustainable growth and livelihoods go hand in hand.

The year 2006 has been a year of growing partnerships. I greatly appreciate the efforts of our affiliates, local communities, government agencies, educational and technical institutions which give us tremendous support in taking our mission forward.


Jamshyd N Godrej
President, WWF-India