1 9 6 1 -20 2 1 1986 1988 INVOLVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAMEROON'S KORUP NATIONAL PARK IS ESTABLISHED WITH WWF SUPPORT, ONE OF THE FIRST TO INCLUDE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS; OUR EFFORTS CONTINUE THERE TO HELP BOTH NATURE AND COMMUNITIES THRIVE. DEBT-FOR-NATURE INITIATIVE WE HELP PIONEER THE " DEBT-FOR-NATURE " CONCEPT IN COSTA RICA, ECUADOR AND THE PHILIPPINES; THE INITIATIVE, IN WHICH PART OF A NATION'S DEBT IS BOUGHT IN RETURN FOR THE COUNTRY ALLOCATING AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT TO CONSERVATION, HAS GENERATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THESE AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 1989 AFRICAN ELEPHANT CAMPAIGN WWF'S CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DECISION BY CITES TO ENACT A BAN ON THE INTERNATIONAL IVORY TRADE. 17