1. Panda Ambassador

Panda Ambassador Stories

Thousands of pieces of colorful plastic float in the ocean

Ending plastic pollution

We spoke with WWF activists from across the US who are advocating for practical solutions to the plastic pollution crisis about what motivates them to build a world with no plastics in nature.

  • How cover crops help keep soil healthy and productive

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Food production is a leading driver of habitat loss, overfishing, and freshwater consumption. Yet the habitat under the most direct pressure from agriculture is also the most ignored: soil.
    field of clover

  • Thinking outside the box

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Big-box retailer Walmart set an ambitious goal to reduce its carbon emissions. Then it encouraged its suppliers to do the same.
    WWF's Marty Spitzer and Walmart's Katherine Neebe discuss sustainability issues on a Walmart roof, with solar panels.

  • Editor's Note: A new attitude

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Two years ago, we asked you, our readers, what you liked about this magazine—and what you’d like more of—and this issue marks our first major push in that direction.

  • Looking out for orangutans in Sumatra

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Thanks to a groundbreaking agreement between a WWF-founded company and the residents of a rain forest village, Sumatran orangutan habitat is more secure than it was just a few years ago.
    orangutan spring2018

  • Swimming with whale sharks near the Mesoamerican Reef

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Just off the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula near Isla Holbox, the world’s biggest fish, whale sharks, gather in the summer months to feed on plankton. Our mission? To swim with them.
    whaleshark above spring2018

  • President's Letter: The central importance of place

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    It’s hard to believe places in the world remain that few people have seen, and even fewer have explored. But their very possibility resonates for those of us who work in the world of conservation.
    Carter Roberts

  • Students step up to tackle food waste at school

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    WWF’s Food Waste Warrior program for grades 5 to 12 helps students develop math and science skills as they conduct an audit of their school’s food waste and learn how food impacts the environment.
    takeaway tray spring2018

  • Gallery: Photographs by Joel Sartore

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Photographer and conservationist Joel Sartore wants his audience to “look these animals in the eye.”
    gallery pangolin spring2018

  • Wind farm sparks a clean energy revolution in Texas

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    In Muenster, Texas, a wind farm is benefiting both individuals and the larger community.
    Cattle Herd in Muenster Texas

  • Saving a forest stronghold

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Deep within Africa’s second-largest country, Salonga is a core part of one of Earth’s greatest and last tropical forests, still virtually untouched by modern-day resource extraction and development.
    rangers paddle down a river in Salonga National Park

  • Current status

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    WWF offices in Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia coordinated a tri-national effort to tag and study river dolphins, applying satellite GPS technology to the task for the first time.
    riverdolphin 01 spring2018

  • WWF's Clay Bolt on the value of the Northern Great Plains

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    For the past 15 years I’ve had the privilege of working as a conservation communicator and natural history photographer for some of the world’s leading conservation organizations.
    Clay Bolt with a bee

  • Fast Forward: Protecting snow leopards and adapting to climate change in Asia's High Mountains

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    Our “At the Top of the World” feature introduced a rural herding community in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan as they worked to protect snow leopards and adapt to climate change. Here's where we are now.
    Mountains in Kyrgyzstan

  • Women rising

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2018
    WWF is working to empower women by teaching them sustainable farming techniques, building their leadership and entrepreneurial skills, and ensuring their representation in decision-making bodies.
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  • Staying strong for the Amazon

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Scientists are discovering an average of one new species in the Amazon every other day.
    bird reveal winter2017

  • President's Letter: Listening to the voices that matter

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    When people ask me the secret to designing conservation efforts that last, I am always quick to answer: The secret is listening. It is the most important thing we do.

  • Gallery: Sculptures by Chie Hitotsuyama

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    As a child, Chie Hitotsuyama played in her family’s paper-strip factory. Today, working in the former warehouse, she hand-rolls strings of newsprint to create lifelike sculptures.
    gallery walrus winter2017

  • Making sustainability a priority at work

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Have you considered putting your passion for the environment to work at work?
    takaway illus winter2017

  • Editor's Note: Reasons for hope

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Well, it’s been quite a year.

  • Brandon Davis uses improved tracking collars to keep African painted dogs roaming free

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Perhaps most rewarding part of Brandon Davis' career as an animal trainer and conservation ambassador has been educating people about animals and getting them excited about wildlife conservation.
    wilddog winter2017

  • Finding a better way to fish for dolphin-safe tuna

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation is promoting healthy oceans by redesigning a key fishing device
    bluefin tuna

  • WWF's Matt Erke on landscape management in Nepal's most precious valley

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Matt Erke works on landscape management projects that restore forests, engage and benefit communities, and protect ecosystems critical for biodiversity in the Himalayas.
    insidetrack erke winter2017

  • Ebb and Flow: A farmer stays in tune with Zambia's Luangwa River

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    The Luangwa is one of the most intact major river systems in Africa, and the foundation for all life in the valley. WWF is working to keep the Luangwa healthy and free-flowing for people and nature.
    Simon Mwanza winter 2017

  • WWF marks victories for wildlife in 2017

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2017
    Even as so many species faced both new and ongoing challenges, WWF tackled those threats head-on
    asian elephant winter2017