Community Development and Indigenous Rights Stories
The first rule of gorilla tracking? Listen well
Twenty years ago, a gorilla habitation program provided the Ba’Aka living near the Dzanga Sanga Park with a new opportunity. And by 2020, Dzanga-Sangha employed more than 50 Ba’Aka as gorilla trackers.
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Citizen scientists help conserve Nepal’s tigers from behind the lens
In Nepal, citizen scientists are working with biologists from WWF to help protect tigers, rhinos, elephants, and other wildlife found in Bardia National Park.
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A discussion on gender, equity, and people’s rights with WWF’s Althea Skinner
March 04, 2020WWF’s lead on socially inclusive conservation, Althea Skinner is one of WWF’s core experts on the intersection between conservation and human rights.
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With access to fresh water, a school garden grows
February 04, 2020In 2009, principal and teacher Marcia Novakc da Silva decided to join forces to start a community rainwater project, led by the organization Incra and supported by WWF. The work is one of several projects for the recovery of the springs and water supply in region.
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Empowering women and families to build healthy communities and a healthy planet
Meeta is a young mother from India. Back-to-back pregnancies and heavy housework responsibilities took a toll on her health and wellbeing. Noting her declining health, a neighborhood social worker invited Meeta and her husband Ramkishore to participate in a CARE maternal health program that fostered open communication, education and access to family planning information.
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Across Mozambique and Tanzania, women show us how to improve communities and protect our planet
As WWF works with communities around the world to preserve habitats, wildlife, and natural resources, we know that it is critical to engage both women and men for the best results—environmentally, socially, and economically.
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Cultivating sustainable livelihoods and environmental resiliency in Mozambique
In Mozambique’s Primeiras e Segundas region, villagers are taking part in a savings and loan association that’s revolutionizing how they manage their financial and natural resources.
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Saving a beloved home along the Luangwa River in Zambia
June 21, 2018The Luangwa River is one of the longest remaining free-flowing rivers in Southern Africa. It flows through an area which boasts some of the most pristine habitats left in Zambia for elephants, lions, leopards and a myriad of other wildlife. A dam has been proposed on the Luangwa that would flood almost the entire Luembe chiefdom, destroying habitats and displacing thousands of people.
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President's Letter: Sizing up conservation
WWF Magazine: Summer 2016WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts on working with communities to create highly local solutions to multiple environmental challenges.
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Life in Nepal
WWF Magazine: Winter 2014How a tiny, mountainous country became one of the world's biggest conservation successes for wildlife—and for rural communities with pressing health needs.