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International Conservation Funding
Ensuring adequate funding of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds helps protect endangered species such as these African elephants.
© WWF-Canon / Martin HARVEY
Over the years, WWF activists have urged the U.S. government to provide sufficient funding for the international environment programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a source of funding for the environment that is housed at the World Bank. WWF activists have played a key role in increasing funding for these programs over the years. Yet, given the significant and growing threats to the world's environment, more funding of these international environmental activities is clearly needed.
WWF's work with the U.S. government
Appropriations for foreign operations
- U.S. Agency for International Development Funding - USAID funds numerous conservation projects in developing countries around the world and is the largest single government provider of funding for international conservation. Ensuring the maximum USAID funding for environmental programs is a top WWF priority.
- Global Environmental Facility Funding - The GEF funds projects and programs in developing countries to aid those governments in resolving numerous pressing environmental issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. WWF advocates increased funding for the GEF in order to maximize its potential impact.
- Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act (HR 2185) Funding - The TFCA provides funding for conservation of tropical forests while reducing developing country debts to the U.S. Treasury. The debt reduction occurs in exchange for the debtor government's commitment to make local currency payments for the protection of its forests and corals. WWF has worked to make the TFCA more flexible in its application and to expand its authorization to include coral reefs.
Appropriations for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Multinational Species Conservation Funds - Over the past 16 years, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds have provided more than $43.8 million in conservation assistance, leveraging more than $115.6 million in non-federal support. WWF supports the authorization and increased funding of these six influential acts to aid in the protection of threatened and endangered wildlife throughout the world, including:
- Marine turtles
- African elephants
- Asian elephants
- Great apes
- Rhinoceroses and tigers
- Neotropical migratory birds
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