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Conservation for Life: Committing to the Permanent Protection of the World’s Most Important Parks

The global cost to properly manage protected areas is nearly 2.5 billion dollars a year. But current funding is a billion and a half dollars short. The hard truth: protection is a perpetual effort. We need long-term funding, political support and ambitious policies for pr...

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The Peruvian Amazon: a land of abundance

The animals and cultures of the Peruvian Amazon are so abundant that their voices create a symphony. Yet, as humans rush to exploit the rain forest’s bounty of gold and timber, the future of its wildlife and people hangs in the balance.

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Rare Black Jaguar Sighting

The sighting of the black jaguar comes on the heels of the historic announcement of the Amazon Region Protected Area (ARPA). A model for conservation, ARPA ensures 150 acres—three times the size of all US parks combined—of the Amazon are protected in perpetuity.

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ARPA: Permanent Protection for the Amazon

The Amazon is home to 30 million people and hundreds of thousands of species. But its value goes beyond South America. By recycling the world's carbon dioxide into oxygen the Amazon revitalizes our entire planet. Hear why people from all over the world cherish this region...

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WWF's Tom Dillon on protecting the people and their livelihoods

The Brazilian Amazon is home to 20 million people. Hear from WWF-US Senior Vice President Forests, Grasslands and Freshwater Tom Dillion how their livelihoods depend on the region's protected forests.

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WWF's Meg Symington on conserving the Amazon's biodiversity

Meg Symington, managing director of the WWF-US Forests Program, explains how protecting the Amazon's forests is integral to protecting the region's biodiversity and regulating climate.

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WWF's Carter Roberts on permanently protecting the Amazon

The Brazilian government's Amazon Region Protected Areas program is the single largest tropical forest conservation program in history. WWF-US President and CEO Carter Roberts explains why this program is one of the greatest achievements in conservation.

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Our World's Largest Rainforest: The Amazon

The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest. It's home to more than 30 million people and one in ten known species on Earth. See some of this region's splendor in our new video.

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World Youth Day - Adriano Carajas

At World Youth Day 2013, Brazilian indigenous leader Adriano Carajas delivered a letter to the Pope on behalf of Brazilian indigenous peoples calling attention to increasing threats to their territories.

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WWF Together: Jaguar

WWF Together Experience the world’s most amazing animals in one app — together. This interactive experience brings you closer to the stories of elephants, whales, rhinos and other fascinating species. Discover their lives and the work of WWF in a way you’ve never seen be...