An estimated 26 per cent of Africa’s freshwater fish species are threatened (including those assessed as Critically ...

GLAND, Switzerland (15 July 2025): The Office of the Ombudsperson, created as part of WWF’s broader commitment to accountability, has reached a key milestone and is now open to receiving complaints ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why companies striving for a credible climate change strategy need to follow a robust mitigation hierarchy – focused on real and Paris-aligned reductions first – and invest for climate and nature ...

After decades of seemingly irreversible decline, results from the latest census conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs show that the population of critically endangered ...

Wetlands, the most economically valuable and among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, are disappearing three times faster than forests with severe consequences for our future unless urgent ...

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 ...

As report reveals that a new plant or animal species was discovered in the Amazon every 2 days between 2014-2015, WWF urges action to protect world’s largest tropical forest.

Notes to the Editor For more information, please contact: [email protected] A summary of the report “ Impacts of plastic pollution in the ocean on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems ” is ...

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 ...