Community Action

Community Conservation snapshot (PDF, 2MB)

Population, health and the environment

Publications

• Learning Brief: Goodwill Generation (PDF, 73KB) A learning piece resulting from the Global Development Alliance with WWF, Johnson & Johnson, and USAID.
• Learning Brief: Value of FP for Conservation (PDF, 779KB) A learning piece resulting from the Global Development Alliance with WWF, Johnson & Johnson, and USAID.
• Learning Brief: Women’s Empowerment in PHE (PDF, 122KB) A learning piece resulting from the Global Development Alliance with WWF, Johnson & Johnson, and USAID.

• Engendering Conservation Constituencies: Understanding the Links between Women’s Empowerment and Biodiversity Conservation Outcomes for PHE Programs. WWF-Nepal: A Case Study by Nancy Diamond, WWF consultant

• Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS through Namibia’s CBNRM Program, a case study by Dhyani Berger, WWF Consultant
• PHE manual in French
• Mapping Population in WWF priority places
• Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: A manual on integrating health and family planning into conservation projects Conservation projects working in remote areas of outstanding biodiversity in developing countries often partner with local communities. This manual outlines an approach that integrates health and voluntary family planning into conservation projects, developing synergies that improve the health of both people and ecosystems. (PDF, 4.04MB)
• Mapping the Connections: The population-environment lessons from Madagascar (PDF, 2.62MB)
• Conservation on a Crowded Planet: A Population Sourcebook for Conservation Practitioners (PDF, 1.25MB)
• Disappearing Landscapes: The Population-Environment Connection: Part one (PDF, 1.11MB), Part two (PDF, 1.66MB), Part three (PDF, 1.75MB), Part four (PDF, 1MB)

Evaluation report 

• Population, Health and Environment in Africa and Asia: An Evaluation of WWF’s USAID and Johnson & Johnson-Supported Projects (PDF, 798KB) 

       Working papers

• Healthy Relationships: Examining Alliances within Population, Health, Environment Projects (PDF, 487KB)
  This paper presents results of a study on lessons from PHE (population-health-environment) alliances to implement population-environment projects.
• Scaling Up Population and Environment Approaches in Madagascar: A Case Study (PDF, 1.6MB) 
  This case study is designed to help answer the question "How can the ‘conservation community further contribute to meeting unmet need for family planning (FP) in Madagascar in order to reduce future pressure on natural resources (NR) and biodiversity and promote more sustainable livelihoods?”
• Scaling Up Integrated Population, Health and Environment Approaches in the Philippines: A Review of Early Experiences (PDF, 414KB)

HIV/AIDS and the environment 

• The Environmental Impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa
• HIV/AIDS and the Environment: Impacts of AIDS and Ways to Reduce Them (PDF, 3.69MB)

Migration and the environment

• The Trampled Grass: Mitigating the impacts of armed conflict on the environment
• People on the Move: Reducing the Impacts of Human Migration on Biodiversity (PDF, 5,540KB)

Partnering with Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Engaging the Stewards of Nature: Partnering with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities factsheet (PDF, 290KB)

• Indigenous Peoples and Conservation: WWF Statement of Principles
  WWF's 2008 position paper on indigenous peoples and conservation.
  • English (PDF, 491KB)
  • French (PDF, 501KB)
  • Spanish (PDF, 511KB)

  In 2008 WWF produced updated guidelines for policy implementation. English (PDF, 115k)

  Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
  A Joint Policy Statement by IUCN (World Conservation Union), WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas) and WWF (World Wildlife Fund).

  • English (PDF, 184k)
  • French (PDF, 77k)
  • Spanish (PDF, 190k)

  WWF has worked with indigenous peoples around the world, and shares our experiences with broader audiences through publications such as Indigenous Peoples and Conservation Organizations: Experiences in Collaboration.

  In 2007, WWF completed a review and recommendations on Strengthening Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, including a reaffirmation of our Statement of Principles and identification of actions to strengthen its implementation and monitoring.