Publications

This handout explains three comprehensive anti-corruption measures that practitioners should consider when addressing the threats posed by corruption.

Tide and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are sharing findings from a joint exploration to advance the science of eco-behavior change – undertaken as part of an ongoing collaborative effort to make washing laundry in cold water the next broadly adopted eco-habit as an important step to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Tide and WWF believe the information gathered from their work together on laundry are applicable for all brands seeking to partner with consumers to create positive environmental impact and hope it will propel further dialogue around how to make more sustainable habits the social norm.

Tide and WWF engaged consumer insights research firm, Behavioral Insights Team (BIT), to undertake a comprehensive review of existing published research and case studies on sustainable habits, including relevant consumer tests from P&G and best practices in climate change impact from WWF.

The White House‚'s September Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health is an important moment to galvanize efforts to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and diet-related diseases in America. But to make lasting progress on these fronts, comprehensive food and agricultural system transformation is required; we cannot have healthy people without healthy farming, and healthy farming requires a healthy planet.

In this memo we offer thoughts on how the gathering might consider the myriad ways food consumption and production are inextricably linked in the U.S., and provide recommendations for this opportune moment to comprehensively address food and agricultural system transformation.

The forestry sector is immensely important to Tanzania's economy but corruption robs much of the revenue and the government's ability to effectively manage timber harvesting. This practice note from TNRC partner TRAFFIC explores how the timber tracking system has improved data management and traceability along Tanzania's timber products supply chain. Additionally, it shares the experiences, views, gaps, and challenges encountered and suggestions for further improvements of the frontline users of the system.

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Groundwater is the most abundant source of freshwater available to humans, despite being largely unseen and unprotected. It supports nearly half of all freshwater ecosystems and the volume of groundwater is 30 times greater than all available liquid freshwater resources found on the surface of our planet (lakes, streams, rivers combined). But groundwater is being overexploited, especially due to agriculture, which threatens ecosystems, infrastructure, food security and resilience, especially in the face of climate change. With one-quarter of global irrigated food production currently dependent on unsustainable groundwater extraction, agricultural use and management of groundwater needs to change.

This report consolidates what is needed for sustainable groundwater management into four basic principles: 1 ) Measure and Manage; 2) Set Sustainable Limits; 3) Recharge and Replenish; and 4) Reduce Demand and Maintain Balance. An easy-to-read literature review, this report provides examples of successful solutions from all over the world.

As the planet's vital signs continue to suffer under deepening global challenges, a number of scientists, Indigenous organizations, and national governments have called for increased area-based conservation around the world.

In December 2022, more than 190 countries under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted an agreement to reverse nature loss by the year 2030, including a target to conserve at least 30 percent of land, freshwater, and oceans globally (commonly called "30x30").

WWF supports the inclusion of this target in CBD's post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) only if certain conditions are met. For example, such a target must ensure social equity, good governance, and an inclusive approach that secures the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities to their land, freshwater, and seas. The pursuit of 30x30 must also embrace a diversity of conservation measures beyond protected areas, recognizing effective and equitable management of nature by actors outside governments.

This document summarizes WWF's position on Target 3 and addresses some pressing questions around this target.

A summary of WWF's integrated approach to our oceans, which combines place-based seascape conservation work with global-scale markets and blue finance initiatives. We also focus on oceans futures, where we incubate, develop, and launch innovative programs at the intersection of climate change, ocean health, and peace and security.

The Moratorium Protection Act of 1995 is one of the most important authorities the United States government has to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood products from entering US markets but it could be used to achieve far more effective results. As the largest single-country seafood market in the world, the US has significant leverage to advance efforts to combat IUU fishing worldwide through the sanctions it can impose.

An important first step to more effectively combat IUU fishing globally would be to expand the US definition of IUU fishing to be more comprehensive, as well as to include fishing that has been conducted by forced labor. WWF conducted research on the impact such changes would have by evaluating many public databases to identify additional violations. Based on this research, if the US were to expand its definition of IUU fishing and broaden its information collection, an additional 600 reported violations from 70 flag states would have been identified in the 2019 Report to Congress‚ – compared to the three identified in the report.