Author: Elizabeth Davis

Beijing, China – An annual consumer survey of the elephant ivory trade in China finds that demand for ivory continues to decrease since the country banned domestic trade in 2017 and is now less than half of pre-ban levels. Just 18 percent of consumers …

In response to the U.S. Attorney of the Southern State of New York’s indictment
of an individual on charges including large-scale rhino horn and elephant ivory trafficking and heroin distribution, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a statement from Crawf…

Fort Belknap, MT — After an absence of more than 50 years, the swift fox has returned to the grasslands of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. From Sept. 12 to 20, the Assiniboine (Nakoda) and Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) Tribes of Fort Belk…

New York, NY – The mammal most threatened by wildlife trafficking is one that many have never heard of, at least not until earlier this year: the pangolin.  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has collaborated with Arnold, a creative agency supported by a c…

Hanoi – WWF welcomes the new Directive No. 29, issued by the Prime Minister of Vietnam yesterday, to address crucial issues on illegal wildlife trade as part of the country’s efforts to prevent future pandemics and halt further loss of Vietnam’s declin…

WASHINGTON, DC – Online technology companies in the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online reported removing or blocking over 3 million listings for endangered and threatened species and associated products from their online platforms to dat…

Responding to the news that CRDB Bank and United Bank for Africa have agreed to financially facilitate the construction of Stiegler’s Gorge hydropower dam in the Selous Game Reserve, Aslihan Tumer, Head of Campaigns at WWF-International, said:
“I…

Following initial review of the petition to list giraffes under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that listing may be warranted. In response to this news, World Wildlife Fund issued a statement from Gine…

South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs has announced official figures showing that the number of rhinos killed in South Africa has dropped from 1,028 in 2017 to 769 in 2018.
Poaching losses in the rhino stronghold of Kruger National P…

November 14, 2018 – A new study finds that wild tiger populations in key tiger recovery sites across Asia have the potential to triple in size within a human generation given strong site management, contributing up to 15 percent increase in the global …