Comments on: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): LUCE China – Beijing http://cwsinternships.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/world-wide-fund-for-nature-wwf-luce-china-beijing/ For Wellesley College enrolled students only Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cwslibrary http://cwsinternships.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/world-wide-fund-for-nature-wwf-luce-china-beijing/#comment-37 cwslibrary Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:51:34 +0000 http://cwsinternships.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/world-wide-fund-for-nature-wwf-luce-china-beijing/#comment-37 “This summer I spent two and half months interning for the World Wildlife Fund Species Programme in Beijing. Having been an avid supporter of WWF since I was a young child, I was thrilled to be working along side experts dedicated to the conservation of nature and preservation of the world’s biodiversity. I spent most of time at WWF working on The Green Heart of China Initiative and the WWF China Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund. The Green Heart of China Initiative is focused on increasing the size of existing giant panda nature reserves as well as establishing corridors to connect isolated giant panda habitats with one another. By building corridors, giant pandas are able to freely migrate between giant panda habitats thereby increasing their gene pool. The other project I worked on was the Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund. The purpose of the Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund is to support field based conservation projects on China’s lesser known endangered species and their habitats. Unfortunately, most resources available for research are currently only focused on very high profile species, while lesser known species and their habitats receive hardly any attention at all. As the only native English speaker in the office, I was a tremendous asset to the WWF team. I worked mostly as a communications intern proofreading, editing, and rewriting brochures, newsletters, reports, and policy recommendations. Because WWF is an international organization, all of WWF China’s documents needed to be translated into both English and Chinese. I thoroughly enjoyed my work because in addition to learning all about WWF’s ambitious projects, I also gained public relations experience. When complying information and putting together newsletters targeted at WWF donors and supporters, I had to present the information in a way that was interesting yet informative. Often times it was a challenge editing the English translation since the Chinese meaning tended to get lost in the process. However, it was extremely rewarding to see my English version newsletters distributed to WWF colleagues and members around the world.” “My work in the species department also allowed me to get first hand experience in emergency relief efforts. The Sichuan Earthquake destroyed many local communities as well as damaged the geographic landscape. Many of the landslides destroyed bamboo forests and giant panda monitoring and patrolling systems. WWF had to immediately respond to the situation. We had to introduce projects that not only helped to rebuild giant panda habitats but also local communities. Being in the office, I saw how quickly decisions needed to be generated as well as thoroughly thought through. WWF is a major advocate of green reconstruction however rebuilding a community in a sustainable way involved local residents staying in make shift tents for a longer period of time.” Lindsey Class of 2010 “This summer I spent two and half months interning for the World Wildlife Fund Species Programme in Beijing. Having been an avid supporter of WWF since I was a young child, I was thrilled to be working along side experts dedicated to the conservation of nature and preservation of the world’s biodiversity. I spent most of time at WWF working on The Green Heart of China Initiative and the WWF China Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund. The Green Heart of China Initiative is focused on increasing the size of existing giant panda nature reserves as well as establishing corridors to connect isolated giant panda habitats with one another. By building corridors, giant pandas are able to freely migrate between giant panda habitats thereby increasing their gene pool. The other project I worked on was the Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund. The purpose of the Wildlife Conservation Small Grant Fund is to support field based conservation projects on China’s lesser known endangered species and their habitats. Unfortunately, most resources available for research are currently only focused on very high profile species, while lesser known species and their habitats receive hardly any attention at all.

As the only native English speaker in the office, I was a tremendous asset to the WWF team. I worked mostly as a communications intern proofreading, editing, and rewriting brochures, newsletters, reports, and policy recommendations. Because WWF is an international organization, all of WWF China’s documents needed to be translated into both English and Chinese. I thoroughly enjoyed my work because in addition to learning all about WWF’s ambitious projects, I also gained public relations experience. When complying information and putting together newsletters targeted at WWF donors and supporters, I had to present the information in a way that was interesting yet informative. Often times it was a challenge editing the English translation since the Chinese meaning tended to get lost in the process. However, it was extremely rewarding to see my English version newsletters distributed to WWF colleagues and members around the world.”
“My work in the species department also allowed me to get first hand experience in emergency relief efforts. The Sichuan Earthquake destroyed many local communities as well as damaged the geographic landscape. Many of the landslides destroyed bamboo forests and giant panda monitoring and patrolling systems. WWF had to immediately respond to the situation. We had to introduce projects that not only helped to rebuild giant panda habitats but also local communities. Being in the office, I saw how quickly decisions needed to be generated as well as thoroughly thought through. WWF is a major advocate of green reconstruction however rebuilding a community in a sustainable way involved local residents staying in make shift tents for a longer period of time.”
Lindsey
Class of 2010

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