Released early in 2001, the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) annual report describes the organization's work and concerns in six "global priorities": forests, freshwater, oceans and coasts, species, climate change, and toxic chemicals. The lavishly illustrated report also briefly covers the activities of the past year and the Fund's expenditures. Users may download the full text in .pdf or Word format.

As part of an effort to curtail the loss of global biodiversity, WWF recognized the Alps as one of more than 200 significant ecoregions in the world. Building on this recognition, the WWF European Alpine Programme recently published the _Ecoregion Conservation Plan for the Alps_. In addition to a description of the Alps ecoregion, the 62-page pdf document includes specific sections on The Root...