Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
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| Abbreviation | FFI |
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| Formation | 1903 |
| Type | INGO |
| Purpose | Conservation charity |
| Headquarters | Cambridge |
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Chairman
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Andrew Sykes |
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Chief Executive
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Mark Rose |
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Main organ
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Council |
| Website | www |
Fauna & Flora International (FFI), formerly the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, is an international conservation charity and non-governmental organization.
FFI was founded in 1903 as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire by a group of British naturalists and American statesmen in Africa. It later became the Fauna Preservation Society, before being renamed Fauna and Flora Preservation Society in 1981. The goal of the society was to safeguard the future of southern Africa’s large mammal populations, which had declined alarmingly due to over-hunting and habitat encroachment. Working in tandem with landowners, government and sport hunters, the Society helped pass legislation which controlled hunting in vast stretches of East Africa and South Africa. This ultimately paved the way for the formation of National Parks, such as Kruger National Park and Serengeti National Park.
FFI has been referred to by many historians as the world's first conservation society, and the society's early work in Africa was also trend-setting in ecotourism. The organization also played a key role in establishing much of today’s global conservation infrastructure – including the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).
The Society's scientific journal – Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation – is published on its behalf by Cambridge University Press.
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