Honest 836 Report post Posted July 27, 2008 Nokia ties up with WWF 27 Jul, 2008, 1832 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Mobile handset maker Nokia on Sunday joined hands with World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India, to support the latter's tiger conservation initiatives in the country. As part of the association, Nokia and wildlife conservation organisation, WWF-India, would work towards providing education to villagers for sustainable development, increasing awareness on tiger conservation, Nokia India VP and Managing Director D Shivakumar said. The joint initiative would also identify alternative livelihood programmes for the villagers around National Parks, specifically the Ranthambore National Park. Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF-India said, "This is an important step in bringing corporate institutional support for conservation, significantly tiger conservation, in India. This is an important beginning at this critical time for conservation in our country." He further added that the tiger population in India has seen an alarming decrease with their habitats shrinking and several threats, including poaching taking a toll on their survival. Nokia would work with WWF to strengthen sustainable and alternative livelihood programmes, to link them with existing schemes of other line departments of the Government of Rajasthan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
