Species

Species Conservation: Protecting Nature and People (PDF, 1.21MB)
WWF’s comprehensive conservation strategy which uses the best science available to link on-the-ground work with high-level policy negotiation to create lasting solutions that benefit wild animals as well as the people who live alongside them. WWF focuses on flagship species − iconic animals that serve as ambassadors for conservation − and on species that are threatened by unsustainable human pressures.

Species and People: Linked Futures (PDF, 4.67MB)
This report, commissioned by WWF and drawing on over 40 years experience in the field of species conservation, uses case studies from around the world to demonstrate that species conservation can, and is, contributing to sustainable development as measured against the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Common Ground - Reducing human wildlife conflict (PDF, 3.74MB)
The WWF report ‘Common Ground’ assesses cases of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC), focusing on elephants as a flagship of these conflicts. Often the scale of the damage that can be caused by them, and the fact that they can injure or even kill humans, makes them the species that communities most fear.

Connecting the Dots - Species and Protected Areas (PDF, 2.87MB)
One of the best tools to stem species extinctions is the creation of protected areas, which now cover 10 percent of the earth’s surface. This is a significant first step. However, the increasing decline in the status of global biodiversity indicates that it is not enough. If we are to effectively conserve biodiversity into the future, and provide critical benefits for people, we need to plan our protected areas in a much broader and more effective way, addressing the specific needs of the biological diversity we are trying to safeguard. The use of species as a tool to plan and manage protected areas is the key to ensuring that protected areas work most effectively to fulfil the function for which they were intended.

Conserving Nature - Partnering with People (PDF, 4.03MB)
WWF is working harder than ever to establish a global network of ecologically representative and effectively managed land, freshwater, and marine protected areas. With 40 years experience, targeted conservation goals, and projects combining practical field implementation with high level policy work in over 100 countries, we are uniquely placed to lead protected area work into the 21st century.

Factsheet: Illegal and Unsustainable Wildlife Trade (PDF, 904KB)
Wildlife trade is big business, worth billions of dollars and involving hundreds of millions of wild plants and animals from tens of thousands of species. For example, some 88 million wild orchids, 6.2 million wild-caught live birds, and 7.5 million live-caught reptiles were traded globally between 1996 and 2001.

Factsheet: Human-Animal Conflict (PDF, 672KB)
In many parts of the world, people and animals are increasingly coming into conflict over living space and food. This is mainly due to expanding human populations and the continued loss of natural habitats. The impacts are often huge.