迈克尔.波策（Michael Baltzer）
迈克尔.波策是英裔加拿大人，现为世界自然基金会“拯救野生虎”项目的负责人，曾任世界自然基金会“多瑙河-喀尔巴阡山”项目负责人。曾工作于乌干达，印度尼西亚和越南，之后加入了WWF。在2009年8月，虎年开始之前，他开始了保护野生虎的工作
迈克尔.波策先生将在本届科博会中国生物多样性保护与利用国际论坛发表演讲。
Michael (Mike) Baltzer, is leader of WWF Tiger Network Initiative, former director of “WWF's Danube-Carpathian Programme”. After working in Uganda, Indonesia, and Vietnam Mike joined WWF. In August 2009, just before the beginning of Year of the Tiger he began his current position. Mike is determined to help save the tiger with help from his colleagues across the WWF network.
Mr. Michael Baltzer will make speech at the 7th International Forum on Science and Technology in China Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization.
WWF介绍
世界自然基金会（World Wide Fund for Nature，简称WWF）成立于1961年9月11日，标志是一只大熊猫。世界自然基金会（WWF）是一个国际非政府组织对有关保护，研究和恢复环境问题的工作，原名为世界野生动物基金，该基金仍是其在美国和加拿大的正式名称。它是世界上最大的独立的保护机构，有500多万世界各地的支持者在90多个国家开展工作，支持世界各地约1300个保护和的环保项目。WWF是一个慈善机构，其中60％的资金来自于个人自愿捐款。基金收入的45％来自美国，英国和荷兰。该组织的任务是“制止和扭转环境”的破坏。目前，其大部分工作在三个生物群落：森林，淡水生态系统，海洋和海岸。这三个生物群落包含大部分世界生物多样性。此外，也有部分工作涉及濒危物种，污染和气候变化。
Introduction of WWF
WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) was founded in September 11, 1961, marked a giant panda. WWF is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 90 countries, supporting around 1300 conservation and environmental projects around the world. It is a charity, with approximately 60% of its funding coming from voluntary donations by private individuals. 45% of the fund's income comes from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. The group says its mission is "to halt and reverse the destruction of our environment". Currently, much of its work focuses on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests, freshwater ecosystems, and oceans and coasts. Among other issues, it is also concerned with endangered species, pollution and climate change.