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  • There are few investments more powerful or permanent than education. At WWF, we see firsthand how education can improve and accelerate the ability of individuals, communities, and societies to plan and implement conservation action. Thanks to the continued commitment, EFN grants to 2,529 individuals and organizations around the world have helped thousands of people gain the education and skills necessary to take action for the planet.

  • This guide is designed for government or non-profit employees, development officials, river basin managers, private sector representatives, community organizers, academics, journalists, or any others interested in acting to secure the health and future of a freshwater resource. It provides an overview of river basin report cards and their utility, as well as guidance on how to create a report card and leverage the process and results to drive change.

  • 2017 Plowprint Report

  • The extent to which Belize‚'s economy depends on tourism generated by the threatened Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage site has been revealed for the first time today by a new report launched by WWF and partner organizations. The report, Natural Heritage, Natural Wealth, aims to highlight the incredible resource the country is at risk of losing.

  • The GRRT is a toolkit and training program designed to increase awareness and knowledge of environmentally responsible disaster response approaches. Although disasters wreak havoc, the rebuilding efforts that follow represent a significant and important opportunity to restore communities in a more environmentally and socially responsible way. Humanitarians, conservation practitioners, government officials, local communities, and donor organizations can take steps to ensure communities prepare for disasters and build back safer by actively addressing environmental sustainability, reducing risk and vulnerability to future disasters, and adapting to the effects of our changing climate.

     

    Learn more: http://envirodm.org/green-recovery

  • Where the Buffalo Roam

  • The International Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Forum Science Symposium and Exposition was held at the Hyatt Regency and Jannat Regency Hotels in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic from August 23-24, 2017. The symposium featured expert presentations on current topics in snow leopard research and conservation.  This publication contains abstracts of presentations given at the symposium. (53 page Symposium Proceedings)

  • A TRAFFIC report has exposed a disturbing new shift in the illegal trade of African rhino horn. Highly adaptive, transnational criminal networks operating in Southern Africa have begun processing rhino horn locally to evade detection by enforcement agencies and supply ready-made products to seemingly insatiable consumers in China and Vietnam. Urgent steps must be taken to avoid a further boost to the existing African rhino poaching crisis.

  • TRAFFIC, through the USAID-funded Wildlife Trafficking Response Assessment and Priority Setting (Wildlife TRAPS) Project, the French Government and WWF, has released a new report, Ivory Markets in Central Africa, which reveals how weak governance, corruption and shifting trade dynamics are undermining the control of elephant ivory trafficking throughout five countries in Central Africa. During the study, investigators from TRAFFIC visited major cities across Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Gabon in 2007, 2009 and 2014/2015, establishing the first comprehensive assessment of ivory trade in the region in nearly two decades. 

  • Water-related challenges in El Salvador have acquired far greater significance over the past decade as they have intersected with other social problems including migration, criminal violence, and drug trafficking. When combined, these factors pose threats to domestic and regional stability. Damaging heavy rains, droughts, and rising temperatures are exacerbated by steadily intensifying El Niño oscillations and threaten the production of staple and export crops. The declining viability of rural livelihoods is driving many farming families to migrate to urban centers or across borders. Food security is a constant concern across the region, and millions already rely on humanitarian assistance. Infrastructure has been damaged repeatedly by floods and raging rivers. El Salvador can mitigate many of these risks by employing ecological landscape restoration. Improving the soil’s capacity to retain and regulate water will help maintain both agricultural and ecological viability.