The Director General of Energy at Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy through a phone call today confirmed with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that Cambodia’s newly approved 10 years energy master plan 2020-2030 does not include any hydropower dams on t…
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Citizen scientists help conserve Nepal’s tigers from behind the lens
In Nepal, citizen scientists are working with biologists from WWF to help protect tigers, rhinos, elephants, and other wildlife found in Bardia National Park.
Read moreMid-Mississippi Delta River Region Potentially a “Next California” of Fruit and Vegetable Production
WASHINGTON, DC, February 28, 2020 – Today World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a new report, The Next California, Phase 1: Investigating Potential in the Mid-Mississippi Delta River Region, exploring the viability of shifting some fruit and vegetable pro…
Read moreTech Companies Take Down 3 Million Online Listings for Trafficked Wildlife
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…
Read moreNewly patented technology helps save endangered black-footed ferrets
WWF, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Model Avionics developed an innovative system to deliver plague protection for black-footed ferrets in the form of peanut butter-flavored baits by drones or all-terrain vehicles to prairie dogs. Recently, the team received a patent for the design—a first for WWF!
Read moreWWF Statement on the US House Introduction of the School Food Recovery Act
In response to the introduction of H.R. 5607 the School Food Recovery Act, which will amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support food waste reduction programs in schools, World Wildlife …
Read moreRapid Response Teams act as a bridge between wildlife and people
Established by WWF Nepal in 2016, RRTs help to engage communities in wildlife protection efforts, manage human-wildlife conflict, and monitor poaching and other illegal activities. Today, there are nearly 60 RRTs across Nepal.
Read moreWWF Statement on the 2020 Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard
In response to the launch of the 2020 Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard, World Wildlife Fund issued the following statement from Jason Clay, SVP Markets:“In the past decade, we’ve seen companies wake up to the destructive impacts of palm oil production. The bi…
Read moreWWF Statement On the NEPA Rollback
Today, the Trump administration formally released its draft rule rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Signed into law by President Nixon after passing Congress with near unanimous support, NEPA has been a bedrock of American law f…
Read moreWWF Statement on the CLEAN Future Act
In response to today’s announcement of the CLEAN Future Act by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from James Mazzarella, WWF senior vice president of policy and government affairs:
“The CLEAN …