GLAND, Switzerland (17 January 2026) : WWF welcomes the entry into force of the High Seas Treaty as a beacon of hope for the ...

Today, WWF France, in partnership with the French multinational AXA insurance, launched a new report, Into the Wild: integrating nature into investment strategies. Jointly presenting the report to ...

Just weeks after a WWF report identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo, scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the island, as well as ...

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 ...

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, plastic represents 95 per cent of the waste floating in the Mediterranean and lying on its beaches. Rome, Italy – The Mediterranean Sea is turning into a dangerous plastic trap, with record ...

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 ...

WWF has conducted the largest consumer survey about ivory trade in China – 2,000 people in 15 cities – for five consecutive years with GlobeScan, providing the best available assessment of changes in ...

As temperatures rise, reindeer face a growing struggle to reach the lichen they depend on. More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea ...

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.

Current projected growth in plastic pollution will cause significant ecological risks, with certain pollution hotspots like the Mediterranean, the East China and Yellow Seas, and the Arctic sea ice ...