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Some environmental systems are currently undergoing profound upheavals due to global warming, pollution, and the over-exploitation of natural resources. When sufficient changes accumulate over time, they can push the system beyond a critical threshold—called a ‘tipping point’—into a completely new state.

World leaders will gather to address plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change this fall. We have clear momentum in advancing pragmatic, bipartisan solutions. But we must move faster and on a greater scale to save nature as we know it. Here's a look at how far we've come and how we must urgently close the gap to conserve our environment.

With water risks and water-related impacts of climate change worsening across the globe, securing a water-positive future for species and communities around the world has never been more important. This is why countries have united under the Freshwater Challenge. Here’s what you need to know to understand this global initiative.

Ranger, guard, officer, scout, warden... Across the globe, these planetary health workers are known by various titles, and together they form the backbone of conservation efforts worldwide. Coming from all walks of life—local and Indigenous communities, government employees, and volunteers—rangers are united in their mission to ensure both current and future generations can rely on nature and experience its wonders.

After years of concerted conservation efforts, Thailand’s wild tiger populations are increasing, with a new estimate of 179-223 tigers. This news, released by the Royal Thai Government, comes after decades of poaching and forest loss that has threatened Thailand’s wild tiger population.

Tigers deserve recognition as mighty climate heroes. Tigers bring balance to their ecosystems as top predators, keep forests healthy by preventing overgrazing, and contribute to biodiversity where they live. Their status as icons is also important in protecting vital carbon-sequestering ecosystems, as they raise significant funds for conservation initiatives.

In Fiji, mangroves—remarkable trees that grow along ocean coasts around the world—serve many functions for people and nature. Communities there rely on mangroves for traditional medicine, protection from storms and rising sea levels, as well as preservation of the Great Sea Reef.

Artist Mia Fonssagrives Solow, renowned for her evocative robot and animal sculptures and vibrant creativity, shares how her deep connection to nature fuels her artistic inspiration and drives her commitment to supporting WWF.

Climate change is impacting our planet faster than anyone had predicted. With storms increasing in number and severity, with temperatures rising to unsupportable levels, with more flooding and more sea level rise and saltwater encroachment, we’re seeing more and more records getting broken. But these are the kinds of record-breaking events that cost lives and livelihoods, that harm our communities and the natural resources that sustain us.

As part of an existing executive order, the Biden-Harris administration announced commitments that call for the phase-out of all single-use plastic products across US federal government agencies by 2035, and a phase-out of all single-use plastic products in food service, packaging, and events by 2027.

The Mangrove Friendly Development Challenge, launched by the World Wildlife Fund Mesoamerica and now endorsed by the Belize Mangrove Alliance, calls on developers to value mangroves.

The K’iche have successfully managed their natural resources for centuries using their traditional governing body and ancestral knowledge. As a result, Totonicapán is home to Guatemala’s largest remaining stand of conifer forest.

These bridges help the Amazon’s tree-living species, such as porcupines, sloths, and monkeys, whose territories have become fragmented by human infrastructure.

String. Toothpaste. Burgers. Fertilizer. Makeup. Printer ink. What do all of these things have in common?

They all can be made with seaweed! Commonly categorized into red, green, and brown species, seaweed is a broad term for plants and algae that live in the ocean. In the US, farming kelp, a brown macroalgae, is a rapidly growing industry. Farmed seaweed is good for people and good for nature!

Durable, versatile, and long-lasting, leather can be found everywhere from furniture retailers to fashion runways.

Researchers are using a collection of custom sensors that measure the carbon capture potential of kelp farming.

This wild pig’s upper canine teeth curve back toward its forehead as they grow continuously throughout its life, reaching up to over a foot long.

WWF’s collaborative, integrated approach to safeguarding the Amazon channels a variety of forces to ensure the world’s largest tropical forest remains healthy today and in the future.

Reframing the benefits of jaguar-friendly ranching

Global benefits by 2050 following a rapid transition to renewables

Naambo Josephine Iipinge is the first female deputy director of Namibia’s vast Etosha National Park, home to the world’s largest concentration of critically endangered black rhinos.

I’m often asked if I have a guiding philosophy when it comes to conservation.

A slight chill hung in the air, but the sun warmed my face as our two-person kayak silently skimmed the glassy water of Sermilik Fjord in eastern Greenland.

In the southwestern Amazon, a constellation of efforts helps safeguard one of the world's last great stands of tropical forest