Category: World Wildlife Fund

Selected for their innovative proposals and merit-based history, the 2019 cohort of Train Fellows will focus their research on key topics, from analyzing whale shark behavior in the Galápagos to preserving critical landscapes throughout Bhutan.

A recent report from the Global Commission on Adaptation and World Resources Institute reveals what an essential role these underappreciated ecosystems play in addressing the impacts of climate change.

Anety is one of 16 women recruited in 2004 by Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife to undergo intensive training in order to work as a ranger. It’s more common to see women recruits now than it was 15 years ago, but they are still few and far between “I can’t speak on behalf of other women. Most don’t go out into the field, but we can do the job. Where there are men, I have proved I can do the same as them.”

In response to the introduction of the PLASTICS Act in the US House, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from James Mazzarella, Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs:
“With eight million metric tons of plastic enteri…

Bison in Badlands National Park now have an additional 22,000 acres—an area more than one-and-a-half times the size of Manhattan Island—to roam thanks to a passionate group of supporters who want to see America’s national mammal thrive.

Governments from around the world recently gathered to discuss the threat of wildlife trade on species.

Devyn Friedfel is working to help communities in California prepare for a future that will see more fires and droughts. He knows that stopping climate change isn’t an option, so it’s important that mitigate and adapt to its effects.

It’s hard to identify a tree species by looking at just the wood. We rarely know whether the tree listed on the label of wood products is accurate—or legal. WWF is looking to forensics for answers.

Located on a tiny island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and 20 miles below the Arctic Circle, Shishmaref has struggled for decades with coastal erosion and flooding attributed to climate change. Arctic Youth Ambassador, Gabriel Stenek share’s its story.