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WWF recently concluded a project that worked closely with local communities to reduce land degradation, forest loss, and climate change vulnerability in the Himalayas in Nepal. Empowered by the Global Environment Facility, WWF worked directly with the government of Nepal to design and implement the project.

Filmmaker and photojournalist Emmanuel Rondeau spent four weeks in the wildlife corridors of Bhutan with a camera trap poised to capture the elusive tiger. After weeks of waiting, a tiger appeared on the final day of the expedition. The result? The first high-resolution camera trap image of a wild tiger in Bhutan captured above 11,000 feet.

Singye Wangmo exudes a natural passion for wildlife. One of the few female forestry officers working on the ground in Bhutan, she spends her days protecting the tigers of Royal Manas National Park from poachers.

The coastal nation of Belize is at a crossroads. In 2009, the reef system was added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. It remains on the list today because of mangrove deforestation, unsustainable coastal development and offshore oil exploration. The good news is a coastal zone management plan can safeguard Belize’s natural assets and produce a win-win opportunity for the people and environment.

Each river is unique. What makes a river special depends entirely on its influences: its people, landscape and purpose. Learn more about three inspiring rivers and the breadth of life they support

Without direct intervention, the Yangtze finless porpoise may face extinction. But that reckoning is up against an even more powerful force: unyielding economic development.

At WWF, we're committed to ensuring that the nations of the world uphold their commitments under the Paris Agreement, despite the White House announcement that the US would exit the agreement.

A free-flowing river runs from its source to its outlet or “sink”—another river, a lake, or the sea—with few obstacles or alterations to how and where it flows. Here's how researchers spot one.

Glacier is one of the last pristine wilderness areas left in the lower 48 states. Its rugged peaks, forested valleys, and alpine meadows offer refuge to a diversity of unique flora and fauna.

Each year, WWF leads a team of park rangers and conservationists to set controlled fires along remote stretches of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River.

Wetlands are often undervalued. It is estimated that more than a billion people around the world make their living directly from wetlands, including from fishing, rice farming, or handicrafts. Learn more about these important habitats WWF is working to conserve. 

Chris Field is confident we will solve climate change. We just need to do one thing first.

US Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced manatees had been downlisted from Endangered to Threatened on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

Lindsay Bass helps forge collective solutions to the threats facing freshwater around the world.

Edward Burtynsky’s near-abstract photography documents the countless ways that water shapes our landscapes.

WWF is working with partners to not only restore the United Kingdom’s rivers and wildlife to a healthy state, but to protect them—and the otters and others who depend on them—from challenges to come.

Explore a global WWF project that's combining big partnerships with bigger data to map and protect the world's last free-flowing rivers.

Whether we’re washing clothes or watering the lawn, all the water we use in our homes is drawn from a nearby lake, river, reservoir, or aquifer. Together, we can help protect this vital resource.

Among fly-fishing aficionados, the golden mahseer is legendary.

WWF National Council member Dan Sarles serves as executive director of the Eaglemere Foundation. He's helping WWF safeguard the environment, from Arctic waters to South American forests.

California is a global winemaking powerhouse. But extreme weather—from droughts to floods, all driven by climate change—could threaten that productivity.

Shambhu Paudel noticed that the research on freshwater species in his home country of Nepal was extremely limited. So, with help WWF's Russel E. Train Education for Nature Program, he's changing that.

All life depends on water. Learn how WWF is helping to secure global freshwater resources for people and a living planet.