Projects

In partnership with Conservation International, this project is located in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

To protect this area’s valuable resources from land degradation, the project has brought together four technical ministries for the first time; the Ministry of Agriculture Development; Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation; Ministry of Land Reform and Management; WWF-Nepal.

This project will work with communities and government to propose a Water Resource Protected Area in the headwaters, improve small farmers’ agricultural practices and designate community forests to reduce land degradation and biodiversity loss in the Luangwa headwaters, protecting its water resources, biodiversity and associated livelihoods.

Creating sustainable seaweed value chains that will deliver ecosystem services and provide socioeconomic benefits.

Fishing feeds billions of people and is vital to the economies of countless coastal communities. But unsustainable practices litter the ocean with deadly traps that needlessly kill marine mammals, turtles, and seabirds.

Abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear, commonly referred to as ghost gear, contribute significantly to the problem of plastic pollution in our ocean. These gillnets, traps, and other types of fishing gear are particularly harmful because they can continue to catch target and non-target species indiscriminately for years. This impacts important food resources as well as endangered species. Because of this, ghost gear has been coined as the most deadly form of marine plastic debris, damaging vital ocean habitats, aquatic life, and livelihoods.