WWF calls 2025 a challenging year for environmental diplomacy as the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 7), the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the ...

BEIJING (February 28, 2015) -- The worldwide population of wild giant pandas increased by 268 over the last decade according to a new survey conducted by the government of China. The increase in ...

The temptation to skip to steps lower in the hierarchy that are easier or cheaper will at best provide a temporary bandaid to these complex global challenges and at worst, cannibalize efforts for ...

New guide will assist practitioners to assess role of sediment flows in mangrove conservation and restoration projects. Mangroves are an amazingly rich ecosystem, supporting biodiversity, providing ...

More than 145 million tonnes of sugar (sucrose) is produced per year in about 120 countries; open pan (artisanal) sugar production in Asia probably adds more than ten million tonnes to this total.

The world is off track to protect and restore forests by 2030. Deforestation remains a persistent problem, including in tropical forests, many of which are under dire threat of turning into carbon ...

WHERE DID THE IDEA OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMISSION COME FROM AND WHY? Whaling as an industry began around the 11th Century when the Basques started hunting and trading the products from the ...

After several decades of low numbers, the return of the lynx to the European forests is slow but steady. The Eurasian lynx was once quite common in most of Europe. Nevertheless, most original ...

There is no time for natural gas: A transition directly to renewables is the only way to solve the climate and nature crises. The good news? It’s 100% possible, writes WWF’s Global Energy Lead Dean ...

WWF has developed the Certification Assessment Tool (CAT) to test the strength of certification systems and their standards. Certification schemes have an important role to play in forest conservation ...

Since the United Nations declared 2005 – 2014 as the decade for Education for Sustainable Development, the subject has been a hot topic in schools. Converse to the traditional way of teaching, ...

It is extraordinary how few people know anything about sand mining. Up to 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel are mined each year to meet soaring demand from construction and land reclamation – ...