VKFF RULES & AWARDS
A copy of the WWFF Australia (VKFF) rules
For a full version of the WWFF Australia (VKFF) National Rules, please see below.....
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How do parks in Australia qualify for WWFF?
'World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio' (WWFF) was born out of the old 'World Flora & Fauna' (WFF) program which is now defunct.
The original WFF list was created in 2008. It is not entirely clear how the original list of Australian (VKFF) Parks was prepared. No response has been received from the founders of the old WFF program. The WFF list was adopted by WWFF. The original list of Australian parks were predominantly National Parks, with a few exceptions, e.g. Recreation Park, Marine Park.
In January 2014, over 100 Australian National Parks were added to the WWFF Directory and were allocated VKFF reference numbers. These parks were omitted from the 'original' list when it was created in 2008. These parks had been established & gazetted prior to 2008, but for whatever reason had been left off the VKFF Australian list.
Since that time the VKFF program has been expanded in various parts of Australia including Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania, South Australia, under the 'old' percentage activation rule.
The current WWFF rules allow the adding of WWFF reference areas and the expansion of National programs. In Australia, up to 500 new reference areas can be added each calendar year.
Proposed areas need to fall within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Categories System found in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). The database can be found at.......
www.protectedplanet.net/
The original WFF list was created in 2008. It is not entirely clear how the original list of Australian (VKFF) Parks was prepared. No response has been received from the founders of the old WFF program. The WFF list was adopted by WWFF. The original list of Australian parks were predominantly National Parks, with a few exceptions, e.g. Recreation Park, Marine Park.
In January 2014, over 100 Australian National Parks were added to the WWFF Directory and were allocated VKFF reference numbers. These parks were omitted from the 'original' list when it was created in 2008. These parks had been established & gazetted prior to 2008, but for whatever reason had been left off the VKFF Australian list.
Since that time the VKFF program has been expanded in various parts of Australia including Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania, South Australia, under the 'old' percentage activation rule.
The current WWFF rules allow the adding of WWFF reference areas and the expansion of National programs. In Australia, up to 500 new reference areas can be added each calendar year.
Proposed areas need to fall within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Categories System found in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). The database can be found at.......
www.protectedplanet.net/
VKFF Awards
The VKFF Awards are available to 'Activators', 'Hunters' & SWL's.
'Activators' are those amateurs who operate portable from within designated Australian parks.
'Hunters' are those amateurs who make contact with 'Activators' who are operating portable from within designated Australian parks.
'SWL's' are those listeners who log the activities of 'Activators'.
All Awards will be forwarded via email to the applicant after applying for the award/s via Logsearch. For those wishing the award certificate/s to be mailed, the certificates will be sent upon payment of the required fee (see below). The Awards are printed out on high quality A4 size gloss photo paper.
Full details on the awards can be found on the Award pages.
'Activators' are those amateurs who operate portable from within designated Australian parks.
'Hunters' are those amateurs who make contact with 'Activators' who are operating portable from within designated Australian parks.
'SWL's' are those listeners who log the activities of 'Activators'.
All Awards will be forwarded via email to the applicant after applying for the award/s via Logsearch. For those wishing the award certificate/s to be mailed, the certificates will be sent upon payment of the required fee (see below). The Awards are printed out on high quality A4 size gloss photo paper.
Full details on the awards can be found on the Award pages.
Cost of VKFF Awards
All VKFF awards are FREE.
They are ONLY available via WWFF Log Search.
If however, you would like the certificates mailed (perhaps you don't have a colour printer), the certificates can be mailed at a cost of $5.00 per certificate. Please contact Paul VK5PAS at vk5pas@wia.org.au
They are ONLY available via WWFF Log Search.
If however, you would like the certificates mailed (perhaps you don't have a colour printer), the certificates can be mailed at a cost of $5.00 per certificate. Please contact Paul VK5PAS at vk5pas@wia.org.au