Monday, July 28, 2008

Nokia Joins Hands with WWF-India to Save the Tiger

New Delhi, July 27 2008: Nokia India in partnership with WWF-India unveiled the ‘Tiger Wall of Hope’ in New Delhi as part of their support initiative for the Tiger Conservation programme of WWF India. As part of the association, Nokia and WWF-India will work towards providing education to the villagers for sustainable development, increasing awareness on tiger conservation, and identifying alternative livelihood programmes for the villagers around National Parks, specifically the Ranthambore National Park. The other activities will include
• Strengthening the existing community institutions and development of further institutions of the community to facilitate community empowerment
• Strengthening sustainable and alternative livelihood programmes, to link them with existing schemes of other line departments of the Government of Rajasthan.

Very good beginning by corporate world! Hope tiger conservation gets a boost.