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  • Cindy and Harry Eisenberg on leaving a legacy for nature

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    Cindy and Harry Eisenberg reflect on the meaningful experiences that continue to inspire their support of WWF.
    Buffalo grazing in high grass

  • WWF's Josefina Braña Varela on the importance of protecting our forests

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    As vice president and deputy lead for forests, Josefina Braña Varela leads WWF's work to halt deforestation and forest degradation around the world.
    Josefina Braña Varela seated on stage

  • WWF Board member Vince Pérez on making time for what matters

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    An avid environmental advocate and renewable energy investor, Vince Pérez first began working with WWF to facilitate debt-for-nature swaps. Years later, his passion for nature hasn't waned.
    Vincent Perez seated in office

  • Find your zen with forest bathing

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    Want to feel less stressed and more relaxed? Try forest bathing, the popular Japanese practice of connecting with nature.
    Illustration looking up at trees and sky

  • A new reserve keeps a Russian forest intact

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    Thanks to 17 years of advocacy work by WWF, one of the last expanses of intact forest in Europe will be safeguarded into the future.
    Boats in Dvina-Pinega Landscape Reserve

  • A reptile rescue yields a dynamic shot

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    Snakes are notoriously difficult to photograph. But in the forests of Ecuador, one photographer had a rare chance to capture a brown vine snake.
    Vine snake wrapped around tree

  • President's Letter: Saving Nature to Prevent Pandemics

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    While climate change may garner many more headlines, the loss of nature is increasingly emerging as an equal threat to the world that supports us all.
    Carter Roberts

  • Gallery: Photographs by Beth Moon

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    With her photography, Beth Moon develops awe-inspiring portraits of trees in landscapes around the globe.
    Road passing between baobab trees

  • Returning the Atlantic Forest to its wild roots

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2020
    In an ambitious undertaking, WWF and International Paper (IP) are working alongside a local nursery to help restore parts of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, which has faced of years of deforestation.
    Santos planting seedlings

  • WWF Ambassador Jeremy Jauncey on seeing (and saving) the world

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    WWF Ambassador Jeremy Jauncey engages his global platform to educate and inspire travel enthusiasts about WWF and sustainable travel.
    Jordan with plane

  • The tree-dwelling mammal with a surprisingly familiar scent

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Bearcats inhabit the tropical rain forests of Southeast Asia, spending most of their time high in tree canopies. And they're especially known for one strange attribute: They smell like popcorn.
    Bearcat

  • How cities around the world are working toward a greener future

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Cities generate 70% of global carbon emissions. But around the world, cities are making changes to ensure a greener future.
    Lund

  • A trash-free trip creates a new model for greener tourism

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Last year, WWF partner National Habitat led the first-ever Zero-Waste Adventure, demonstrating new possibilities for more sustainable travel.
    Travelers Yellowstone

  • Sightlines

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    In Zambia's Kafue National Park, WWF and partners are instituting new thermal imaging technology to monitor and protect wildlife from poachers, and to keep local people safer in the process.
    Workman on tower

  • The Turnaround

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Working alongside communities, governments, and scientists, WWF-Nepal has become an intrepid leader in protecting and conserving endangered tigers and the habitats where they live.
    Aerial view of Bardia National Park, Nepal

  • Shared Home

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Nepal's Khata Corridor was once desolate land. Now, thanks to WWF and partners, the corridor is a perfect thruway for tigers and other dispersing animals.
    Tiger sign

  • President's Letter: Navigating a crisis with compassion

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    As the connections between people everywhere become more critical than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stories of hope and possibilities can help sustain us.
    Carter Roberts

  • How WWF is helping threatened species adapt to climate change

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Climate change-related threats to biodiversity are happening now. As habitats change, extreme weather events increase, and temperatures rise, we need new tools to help biodiversity adapt.
    Declining species

  • Matthew C. Harris on kindness and patience in conservation

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    WWF's Bhutan for Life project helped to ensure the country’s protected areas would be conserved in perpetuity. Essential to its success was support from donors like Board member Matthew C. Harris.
    Matthew C. Harris

  • Leigh Henry on making conservation policy that matters

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    As WWF’s policy lead on wildlife conservation, Leigh Henry has played a key role in the organization's efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade.
    Leigh Henry

  • Jennifer and Leah Vogel on supporting community-based conservation

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    For Jennifer and Leah Vogel, conservation is a family affair. Their passion for nature has inspired them to help protect wildlife and support communities in Zambia.
    Manatee

  • Moving fast to photograph a slow sloth

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    Sloths are slow-moving creatures that spend their lives in tree canopies, munching on leaves and napping. When you spot one, you have time to think. Still, getting this shot had its challenges.
    Sloth

  • Wildlife corridors help elephants move between habitats in Malaysia

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    In Malaysian state of Sabah, WWF is helping to establish a wildlife corridor through a palm oil plantation to connect two reserves, which will protect crops and allow wildlife to roam freely.
    Elephants

  • The Deluge

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2020
    As global average temperatures rise, parts of Bangladesh are experiencing severe, unprecedented flooding. A photographer shares a glimpse of what life looks like on the front lines of climate change.
    Girl on car