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 ...

Tropical regions face wildlife populations plummeting at a staggering rate Freshwater species populations have suffered an 83% fall The report’s Living Planet Index shows that there is no time to lose ...

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 ...

Alarming new data by the Global Forest Watch shows record-breaking tropical forest loss in 2024. It's time to speed up action to safeguard our forests. The latest Global Forest Watch data tells a grim ...

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 ...

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.

Today WWF launches its first ever emoji-based fundraising campaign Today WWF launches its first ever emoji-based fundraising campaign to help support the organisation’s work to protect precious ...

Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century - with freshwater species suffering by far the worst losses.

New WWF report offers a framework to identify and redirect forest-harming subsidies. Governments annually spend an estimated US$470 billion on agricultural subsidies that harm forests and other ...

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 ...

Despite a glut of commitments in recent years, finance for conserving the world’s forests for people and nature remains woefully inadequate. An estimated US$460 billion a year will be needed to ...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is a historic agreement committing nations to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. The agreement, which was adopted in Montreal on 19 December 2022, ...