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The report identifies several key drivers of biodiversity decline including habitat loss, species overexploitation, invasive species, pollution, climate change and diseases. Monitored populations of vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish) have seen a devastating 69% drop on a

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/15/2021

2.6 Million Acres of Grassland Lost in North American Great Plains in One Year

Across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains, approximately 2.6 million acres of intact grassland – an area larger than Yellowstone National Park – were plowed up in 2019 to make room for row-crop production, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) 2021 Plowprint Report. The new findings repres

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/24/2021

“Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit

UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach,” to conservation that puts human rights and indigenous peoples at the heart of conservation. As conservationists and global leaders prepare to meet in Marseille, France, for the IUCN’s World Con

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Education , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 07/08/2021

Human-wildlife Conflicts, one of the Greatest Threats to Iconic Species

Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farms for food and water to wolves preying on cattle in Idaho, is one of the main threats to the long-term survival of some of the world’s most iconic species, warns a new report from World Wildlif

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Sustainable Development / 02/14/2021

Love It or Lose It campaign calls on people to love nature so it doesn’t disappear

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a national brand marketing campaign across the U.S. declaring 2021 as a crucial year to show your love for nature. The year-long campaign, “Love It or Lose It,” debuting the week of Valentine’s Day, calls on everyone to show their love for nature, upon which

Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 11/24/2020

WWF commissioned report acknowledges human rights abuses in WWF projects

WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report from an Independent Panel it commissioned last year to review WWF’s role in relation to reported human rights abuses by some government rangers in the most complex and remote areas where it works.

Aid , Biodiversity , Environment , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 11/23/2020

What makes it Difficult to Evaluate Projects Ex-post: Lessons from WWF

Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in particular what they felt should not have been done in terms of organizational learning. They originally wanted to see whether ”the work done is sustainable and so to provide lessons for the imp

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/07/2020

Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses

This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government supported WWF and WCS’s call to declare 30% of the Earth as Protected Areas by 2030. The revelations in the leaked report demonstrate how dangerous this would be. The US government has halted more than $

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/10/2020

Human footprint eliminated 68 % of species in 50 years

Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2020. Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have fared worst, with an average declin

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/07/2020

Public Calls for Governments to Close Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Markets

A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure of wildlife markets which are mostly illegal This World Health Day, as the world grapples with the worst public health emergency in recent memory, over 90 percent of respondents surveyed in Southeast

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