约翰·马修（Dr. John Matthews）
世界自然基金会高级项目官员，水资源项目负责人，世界自然基金会全球淡水保护及经济发展项目顾问。John H. Matthews博士为WWF（世界自然基金会） 美国分会淡水气候变化适应性项目主任。该项目目标包括通过研究、出版、政策支持、运行工作组，与科学院、非政府组织等联合研究来扩大淡水气候适应的理论和实践；并长期全面地支持世界自然基金会在巴西、印度、中国、英国和其他国家的淡水气候适应性研究。John Matthews还是美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）气候变化和鸟类活动执行委员会委员，长期从事全球网络的气候变化适应性研究工作。
约翰•马修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。
Dr. John Matthews is Senior program officer of WWF, leader of water resources project WWF global freshwater conservation and economic development consultant. He is also the coordinator of Freshwater Climate Adaptation project. Goals of the project include expanding the theory and practice of freshwater climate adaptation through research, publishing, policy support, running workshops, and building academic, NGO, and GO connections; full-term support and advice on conservation and economic development issues to WWF programs focused on Brazil, India, PR China, United Kingdom, and elsewhere, as well as and national and international policy freshwater climate adaptation support. John Matthews is the National Science Foundation Climate change and bird activities of the Executive Committee members engaged in a global network of climate change adaptation research.
Dr. John Matthews 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.