Disney Public Affairs
2009 Expedition Everest Challenge
Sign-up for the 2009 Expedition Everest Challenge at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park! The event is scheduled for September 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. One-dollar will be donated and split between the DWCF and the Himalayan Youth Foundation for each person who registers.
Disney's 2008 CR Reports
Conservation Press Materials
Conservation for Kids
To learn more about all of the great things Disney is doing for the environment click here.
The U.S. Department of Energy teaches kids 10 simple ways to use energy wisely
Did You Know?

According to The Nature Conservancy’s Web site...

 

 

•Though rainforests cover only less than two percent of the Earth’s surface area, the world’s rainforests are home to 50 percent of the Earth’s plant and animal

 

•Rainforests provide many important products for people: timber, coffee, cocoa and many medicinal

products

 

•Rainforests are threatened by unsustainable agricultural, ranching, mining and logging practices
The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) is providing emergency support to Conservation Solutions (CS) to help translocate more than 60 elephants that are currently living amongst communal farming lands in the district of Mangochi, Lake Malawi. Due to increased competition between humans and elephants for natural resources there has been a dramatic upswing in illegal poaching, poisoning and other efforts to manage the animals.   CS has partnered with the Malawi government and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to move the entire herd of elephants from their current location to the Majete Wildlife Reserve located in Malawi and encompassing more than 172,000 acres of land. Already, CS has been able to relocate 18 elephan...  [more]
Burbank, Calif, June 4, 2009 - In celebration of World Environment Day, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) today announced the funding of programs that will support more than 90 species and promote habitat conservation in 33 countries.  The 2009 DWCF grant recipients will receive almost $1.5 ...  [more]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., April 1, 2009 --   By planting one tree for each eco-friendly, reusable tote bag produced, Disney is helping the Conservancy reach its goal of planting one billion trees in Brazil's Atlantic Forest by 2015. Disney is planting nearly 100,000 trees in total.   As one of th...  [more]
Burbank, Calif. - April 29, 2009 -- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has arranged with The Nature Conservancy to plant 2.7 million trees in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, one of the planet's most endangered rainforests, it was announced by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios.  In keeping with...  [more]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 5, 2009 -- The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) is proud to provide support to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for providing immediate relief to the surviving wildlife affected by the bushfires in Australia. Due to record-breaking heat, the sta...  [more]
 The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) is proud to provide a total of $8,000 in emergency funding to two organizations, the Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance (PASA) and Save the Elephants (STE). The Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance received support to transport four infant chimpanzees that ...  [more]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Feb. 24, 2009 -- Marine mammal experts from Walt Disney World Resort returned a manatee to its natural habitat today in the warm waters of the St. John's River at Blue Springs State Park near Orange City. Approximately 3,800 endangered manatees exist in Florida.    The...  [more]
Los Angeles, Calif., October 12, 2008—The Walt Disney Company announced a grant of $1.5 million to TreePeople, a non-profit organization, to help reforest fire-ravaged areas in the mountains surrounding greater Los Angeles. Under TreePeople's California Wildfire Restoration Initiative, of which Disn...  [more]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., - Sept.15, 2008 -- The first center in eastern Africa designed to rescue, rehabilitate and reintroduce orphaned gorillas back into the wild will begin construction later this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The center will also include a conservation education and ...  [more]
Storm clouds provided the cue for a rare daytime hatching of a loggerhead sea turtle near Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Sea turtles usually hatch at night when there are fewer predators.
2009 DWCF Awards
Disney in the News
Adopt-A-Nest
Guests at Disney's Vero Beach Resort have the opportunity to adopt a sea turtle nest. If you adopted a nest you can follow up on it's progress here.
If you adopted a nest and do not remember the nest number or if you are having a problem accessing the information, please contact us.
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