Geneva, Switzerland (8 August 2025): Civil society organisations at INC-5.2 have come together to demand greater action as talks at an ongoing global plastic pollution summit, known as INC-5.2, teeter ...

From safeguarding whales in Chile to tackling illegal fishing in Tanzania – there’s lots of good news to share about our ...

With a new landmark global agreement on nature directing governments to eliminate harmful subsidies, align financial flows with a nature-positive future, and require the private sector to disclose ...

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 ...

The world is off track to protect and restore forests by 2030, according to the new Forest Pathways 2023 report from WWF and the Forest Declaration Assessment.

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 ...

The Freshwater Challenge aims to ensure 300,000km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands are committed to restoration by 2030, and to protect freshwater ecosystems. In a ...

New collaborative analysis, informed by around 30 conservation experts, indigenous peoples and rights organizations, highlights the importance of recognizing and respecting the rights, governance ...

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 ...

Notes to the Editor For more information, please contact: news@wwfint.org A summary of the report “ Impacts of plastic pollution in the ocean on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems ” is ...

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 ...

We know that plastic is devastating wildlife and plaguing our oceans, but until now we have known very little about the impact the broken plastic system is having on people. In this first-ever global ...