1973 iucn yearbook

gift of 300,000 Swiss Francs to mark IUCN's 25th Anniversary. The
Union has been able to maintain its operations in past years largely
through WWF support, which has gone a long way to reduce the gap
between expenditure and the income from membership fees and subscriptions
and the sale of publications. In addition to contributions to the
basic expenditure of IUCN, WWF has provided earmarked grants for
project purposes. The generous support of WWF and its National
Appeals (a number of which are now members of IUCN) is gratefully
acknowledged.
The Ford Foundation made a further grant of some 900,000 Swiss
Francs to cover the years 1973–1974 as a continuation of its earlier
generous grant equivalent to almost 2 million Swiss Francs during the
years 1970–1972. An amount of some 450,000 Swiss Francs was received
in 1973. This continued generous and timely support has been of the
utmost importance and the Union expresses its profound appreciation
to the Ford Foundation for its splendid assistance.
The Emil Barell-Stiftung of Switzerland provided IUCN with a grant
of 1 million Swiss Francs to cover the years 1973–1974. An amount of
S. Fr. 500,000 was received in 1973. The Union is most grateful for this
most generous help from the Swiss-based foundation, which came at a
time when IUCN finances were at a crucial position.
UNESCO continued its annual subvention of some 30,000 Swiss
Francs largely in support of meetings and publications. In addition
special contracts were received for project work. This assistance is
gratefully acknowledged.
Initial payments were received from UNEP in connection with contracts
for projects described elsewhere in this Yearbook.
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Grants were also received from the following sources:
American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, Inc.
Commune de Morges.
The Charles Engelhard Foundation.
Government of Canada.
Fonds für Umweltstudien.
The Humboldt Foundation.
Institut für Dokumentationswesen (Frankfurt).
Jachtfonds Netherlands.
New York Zoological Society.
Pan American World Airways.
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited.
R. T. Vanderbilt Trust.