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  • A color-changing lizard, a thick-thumbed bat, a poisonous snake named after a Chinese mythological goddess, an orchid that looks like a Muppet, and a tree frog with skin that resembles thick moss are five of the 380 new species described by scientists in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia in 2021 and 2022, according to a new report releasing soon by WWF. With many of the species already under threat of extinction from human activities, WWF is calling on governments in the region to increase protection for these rare, amazing creatures and their habitats.

  • During the second half of 2022, WWF conducted a baseline assessment of 41 banks‚' seafood-related sector policies to understand how banks are currently managing E&S risks in their seafood portfolios, and where, specifically, additional support may be most needed. This report highlights key findings from this assessment, provides actionable recommendations for banks, and directs readers to practical resources to guide next steps.

    See the 2023 annual update to this assessment here.

  • This two-pager provides a high-level overview of how WWF has been engaging financial institutions to address environmental and social risks in their seafood portfolios, and where there are opportunities to get involved.

  • During early 2023, WWF conducted a baseline assessment of 42 asset managers‚' approaches to addressing environmental and social risks in seafood-related investments. WWF then analyzed the assessment result to understand how asset managers are currently managing E&S risks in their seafood portfolios, and where, specifically, additional support may be most needed. This report highlights key findings from this analysis, provides actionable recommendations for asset managers, and directs readers to practical resources to guide next steps.

  • Grasslands are essential to people, nature and climate. They hold approximately one-third of global terrestrial carbon stocks and provide critical resilience in the face of climate change, including drought, heat and wildfire. Grasslands are also home to a variety of wildlife species and are essential to the livelihoods and food security of communities around the world.

    And yet grasslands are critically imperiled ecosystems in the world, with only a few large, intact tracts remaining. More than 70 percent of America‚'s prairies have been destroyed. In the Great Plains, 1.8 million acres of grassland habitat were lost in 2020, and another 10 million acres were plowed up‚ – all for row crop agriculture. This large-scale habitat loss is a major contributor to the precipitous decline of grassland birds and the loss of vast amounts of sequestered carbon.

    To reverse the current trends, two federal policies that are unintentionally encouraging grassland conversion should be revised. More investment should be made to keep grasslands intact and support sustainable, grass-based agriculture.

  • WWFGEF Lake Naivasha Project Document

  • WWF GEF Lake Naivasha CEO Endorsement

  • WWF GEF Kenya Lake Naivasha CEO Letter

  • A corruption-oriented situation analysis can help conservation and natural resource management (NRM) practitioners understand and respond to the threats that corruption poses to conservation and NRM outcomes. As part of the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project, WWF teams in different countries conducted situation analyses to inform both small-scale pilot projects and large-scale investments, in each case aiming to get a better idea of the ways that corruption may impact NRM activities and how they could design projects that would respond more effectively to those threats. Part I of this guide collects lessons from their experience and provides insights on implementing this type of analysis. Part II shares three case studies and analysis tools for doing corruption-oriented situation analysis.

    For more resources and tools, visit TNRCproject.org .

  • WWF Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Engineering (IoE), Tribhuvan University on May 04, 2023.

    This MoU will help IoE develop a curriculum on "Natural Resource Safeguards in Infrastructure", which will be embedded in the course of the Bachelor's Degree for IoE (TU).

    Dr. Ghana Shyam Gurung, Country Representative of WWF Nepal, and Professor Dr. Shashidhar Ram Joshi, Dean of IoE shared their commitment to promoting natural resource safeguard through academia.