World Conservation Award
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The World Conservation Awards provides an opportunity for individual Scouts to 'think globally' and 'act locally' to preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are closely related through natural resources and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
The design of the badge incorporates the panda logo of the World Wildlife Fund, which sponsors the Award on a worldwide basis with the fleur-de-lis, which is found on or as the basis for many nation's Scouting emblems. The World Conservation Award is earned by Scouts and Venturers in many other nations outside of the United States.
There are three varieties of this patch which distinguish it as an award for a Scout who has completed the requirements outlined for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, or Venturers. Requirements vary in increasing difficulty in correlation with its branch of Scouting, as well as implementing elements of natural rank advancement. While each badge is similar in appearance, each has a subtle characterizing differentiation. Each features the Panda in front of the Scout emblem, however the color scheme of the patch correlates with the branch of scouting it was awarded under: The Cub Scout version of the patch is yellow with a purple border, the Boy Scout version is standard BSA khaki and the Venturing version is yellow with a green border (see below).
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Requirement resources
- General Resources: American Museum of Natural History - Discover Magazine - Environmental Protection Agency - Int. Assn. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Nat. Climatic Data Center - Nat. Geographic Society - Nat. Park Service - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - American Meteorological Society - American Zoo and Aquarium Association - The Discovery Channel - Nat. Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin - Nat. Wildlife Federation -
- Conservation Resources: Soil and Water Conservation Requirement resources - Conservation and Resource Center - Leave No Trace Center - Wildlife Conservation Society -
- Bird Resources: Bird Photos & Songs - American Birding Assn - Audubon Magazine online - BirdSource - Cornell Ornithology - American Bird Conservancy - Audubon Society -
- Fish Resources: Insect Study Requirement resources - American Fisheries Society -
- Insect Resources: Insect Study Requirement resources
- Mammal Resources: Mammal Study Requirement resources
- Reptile & Amphibian Resources: Frog Songs -
Related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Bird Study - Environmental Science - Fish and Wildlife Management - Forestry - Gardening - Geology - Insect Study
- Mammal Study - Nature - Oceanography - Plant Science - Reptile and Amphibian Study - Soil and Water Conservation - World Conservation Award
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Wildlife Conservation - Geology - Weather Awards: World Conservation - Conservation Good Turn Award
- Webelos Activity Badges: Forester - Naturalist - Outdoorsman
- Venturing: Ranger Award: Ecology - Plants and Wildlife - Hornaday Award - World Conservation Award
- Conservation Awards: Boy Scout - Venturing - Leave No Trace: Cub Scouts - Boy Scouts and Venturers
