Protect Marine Turtles

Give Turtles a Place to Nest

Help protect marine turtles from the impacts of climate change at one key nesting site for a year.
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The Wild Things

The Wild Things

Ride the tuna highway of the high seas and swim with rare river dolphins in a new edition of WWF's biweekly podcast series. Learn more.

Take Action

Take Action

Take Action on Climate Change

Tell your member of Congress to vote YES on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Take Action

Travel

Travel

Travel With WWF

Visit our travel section and choose from many amazing trips! Learn more

See Whale Sharks with WWF

Travel with WWF to swim with the world's largest fish.

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Adopt a Turtle

Adopt a Turtle

Make a symbolic Turtle adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts. Adopt Now!

Support WWF

Show your love of the panda with the WWF Visa Signature® credit card from Bank of America. Bank of America will contribute $100 to WWF for each new qualifying account.*

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Mesoamerican Reef

International Year of the Reef (IYOR)

Tropical Forests and Coral Reefs Need Your Help!

During 2008, The International Year of the Reef (IYOR), World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International call on governments, businesses, academic institutions, coastal residents, scientists, and non-governmental organizations around the world to vastly increase actions to protect coral reefs. In 2003, the World Parks Congress urged that at least 20 to 30 percent of each marine habitat be protected by 2012. At current levels of effort, this goal will not be achieved for coral reefs. Given the importance of these systems for ocean life and human well-being, and the special stresses they face because of climate change, there is an urgent to need to act now.

WWF, The Nature Conservancy & Conservation International specifically urge that:  
  • The area of coral reef under protection be globally increased from the current level of 15 percent to 30 percent;
  • That protected areas be carefully designed as systems that are able to resist or recover rapidly from the multiple stresses they face, including those caused by climate change;
  • That within these protected systems there be significant areas where human uses are significantly limited so that already stressed marine species can recover; and
  • That governments and civil society work together to achieve the effective management of all coral reef protected areas. Unless these actions are taken, there is little likelihood that the world's coral systems will exist to sustain and protect future generations.


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