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Winning Natural Habitat Adventures' 2020 Monarch Butterfly Scholarship Grant gave two teachers from the midwest the chance to experience butterfly conservation firsthand in Michoacan, Mexico.

Jeanette and Kevin Kennedy grew up exploring the magnificent redwood forests of California. They're dedicated supporters of conservation for themselves, their son's generation, and future generations.

From going on safari with her family in Zambia in her youth to now leading a nonprofit focused on community health, Iris has come to recognize how entirely interlinked humans and nature are.

Composting may sound like hard, messy work. But done right, it can be a simple (and even tidy) way to benefit your garden and the planet.

In 2018, WWF helped create an initiative that provides technical support to Amazonian fish farms. Paiche farming applys local Indigenous knowledge to the conservation of the fish populations.

Mostly active at night, the critically endangered black rhino is an elusive species. A well-placed camera trap spotted one of these rare rhinos walking through a wildlife corridor in Kenya.

As the markhor, a key food source for the lynx, has returned, so has the lynx, and its reappearance is being celebrated as a sign that the ecosystem’s natural balance is on the mend.

With $1.9 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility, an African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform is being developed to connect funders to communities and small and medium enterprises involved in nature-based tourism in eastern and southern Africa—and who are most affected by the loss of revenue due to Covid-19.

Every fall, the Ryrkaipiy polar bear patrol, with the support of WWF Russia, works to protect the community and prevent human-wildlife conflict. Tatyana Minenko has been leading the patrol team since 2006. That’s when climate change increased conflict in her village.

If humans are unable to limit carbon pollution, Cincinnati’s average temperature could climb by as much as seven degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. From a local grassroots movement to engagement at the national level, this city is taking the fight against climate change into its own hands.

A new WWF report on global forest cover and forest loss finds that over 160,000 square miles, an area roughly the size of California, were lost in deforestation hot spots around the world between 2004 and 2017. Deforestation puts human health and the health of our planet at risk. 

WWF-South Africa's wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Jacques Flamand, has dedicated his career to the protection and conservation of South Africa's iconic species, including the critically endangered black rhino.

WWF donated nearly 400 beehives to residents in the continental tiger range and organized training on beekeeping. Investing in their futures is also an investment in the conservation of tigers.

The tiger is making a comeback—learn about a few tiger champions who are helping this iconic species to recover.

Since 2016, Facebook and WWF have been working together to address wildlife trafficking by detecting and removing illicit activity that fuels the trade in wildlife and its products on one of the largest social media platforms in the world. As part of this effort, Facebook launched a new pop-up interstitial alert message that will inform users about illegal wildlife trade when certain wildlife-related search words are entered.

WWF is helping to support Australia’s first large-scale collaborative camera trap project.

Dr. Parikshit Kakati, WWF India’s wildlife veterinary specialist, plays a key role during the flood season in Assam, India, as part of a team that rescues and treats injured wild animals.

As 2020 comes to a close, we’re taking a look at some of the biggest conservation wins we've achieved together during this challenging year.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit for developers to build the controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska, marking an important moment in the decade’s long effort to protect Bristol Bay.

Empowering farmers with green practices builds livelihoods while strengthening biodiversity. 

Harmful fisheries subsidies fuel harmful fishing practices. Rather than subsidizing fishing activities that hurt the ocean, communities, and the economy, governments have an opportunity to reroute funding toward efforts that bring benefits to marine health and human well-being.

WWF-Australia is implementing innovative projects to restore habitat and wildlife populations devastated by the 2019/2020 bushfires. As part of their Regenerate Australia plan, they are using specialized drones to disperse eucalyptus seeds across affected lands to help regrow the landscape and rebuild wildlife populations.

On a hilltop in southeast Brazil, 4,500 feet above the surrounding landscape, is a coffee plantation that has been operating in the same family for more than 150 years—five generations. Owner Ellen Fontana is restoring additional forest habitat on her property, connecting the span of natural forest on her land to another forest fragment on a neighboring property.

The Tribe will create the largest native-owned and managed bison herd in North America. These 100 bison are the first of as many as 1,500 animals setting foot on 28,000 acres of native grassland.