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From community support to strong political will, here are 12 ways tiger range countries have been working to restore Asia's roar over the last 12 years.

From dense jungles to the Himalayas, tigers are an elusive species—hard to find and hard to count. But, thanks to the use of camera traps, the movements and behaviors of tigers are now less of a mystery.

Laila Sanjida of Bangladesh, Pragya Motiwal of India, and Ruwanthi Jayasekara of Sri Lanka all experienced devastating floods in their home countries that inspired them to enter the field of flood management.

As we enter the second year of the Biden Administration, we’re recognizing the impressive and even transformative progress WWF made on key environmental challenges we are facing—and acknowledging the significant work that remains to ensure that progress is real and lasting.

Did you know that Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region is home to a remarkable 44 species of primates?

Rice and rubber farmers in Thailand come together to produce organic fertilizer to replace chemical fertilizer. The results pay off in more ways than one.

Mangroves, with their incredible ability to capture and store carbon, can be a solution to the climate crisis.

.How fishermen in Thailand and Lao PDR work together to share the Mekong.

A new publication reviews the evidence of impacts that transportation infrastructure growth is having on Asian elephant populations, and presents solutions to mitigate those impacts.

The Thirty Hills Forest Company recently completed its first-ever biodiversity monitoring survey for tigers and other key wildlife species in one part of the forest.

If having a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right, what does this mean in for the 12.3 million people employed in Africa's fisheries,  where economies, food security, and cultural identiy are interwoven with the ecoystems they depend on?

WWF continues to work to halt the destruction of nature—and restore it where we can—to help people and wildlife thrive. Here’s a look at some conservation highlights from 2021.

Electronic pingers attached to fishing nets create noises that deter dolphins and save them from becoming bycatch.

 Follow these simple steps you can take to make your decorations, gifts, and gatherings more sustainable. 

From morning coffee before setting out on their journey, to installing camera traps, to stories of run-ins with tigers, follow a day in the life of a tiger tracking team in Nepal. 

Only 366 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are left, experts say, representing a shocking 8% decline in a single year and the lowest number in about 20 years for this iconic species. Human impacts—specifically entanglements in fixed fishing gear and vessel strikes from ship traffic—remain the biggest threats to the survival of this species.

Samundra Subba is a research officer at WWF Nepal with a focus on large carnivores—primarily tigers and snow leopards. He’s joined six satellite telemetry expeditions of snow leopards. This is his journey.

Toilets play an essential role in both the health of people and the environment, but billions of people worldwide do not have access to these critical facilities. Functioning toilets serve to improve the health and cleanliness of rivers and waterways—and the life that depends on them.

WWF's SVP Climate Change, Marcene Mitchell, shares her thoughts on the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

As the climate crisis fuels more intense disasters, environmental issues and humanitarian needs are growing increasingly intertwined. WWF's Anita van Breda takes some time to reflect on the past and look toward the future.

Grassland birds are spectacular, but they are also North America's fastest-declining group of birds.