WWF’s role: Tackling the drivers of nature loss and accelerating our actions
To reverse nature loss, the world must protect and restore land, freshwater and marine natural habitats for the benefit of nature and people; at the same time we urgently need to reduce humanity’s footprint on earth and move to sustainable practices in agriculture and food systems, forestry, fisheries, energy and mining, infrastructure and construction.
WWF has set out its strategic direction led by three clear ambitions:
The role a philanthropic partnership can play
The estimated funds needed to be nature positive by 2030 are enormous. While the majority of the funding will come from governments, there are tremendous opportunities for philanthropic partners to make a difference too. And such partnerships have a rare value. They can add impetus to innovative and often higher risk ideas by providing the time and resources they need to advance, thus bridging vision and reality. Or they can be the catalyst that can accelerate the seed of a good idea into a fully-grown initiative. And they can also act as the key to unlock co-financing or finalising projects and thus maximise the returns for all of the stakeholders.
To give you an idea of the types of projects WWF International and our philanthropic partners have been collaborating on, below is a sample of our work.
We have developed a plan to protect 70% of the world's climate resilient reefs by 2030.
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If we don't accelerate our actions, 70 - 90% of tropical coral reefs will be extinct by 2050. By joining as a partner, you can help change this.
We helped to establish a US $43 million project finance for permanence fund covering 2 million hectares of Bhutan’s forests
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Around the world we are still losing 10 million hectares of forest per year.
A ban on free plastic bags in China has been introduced.
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We are still likely to be producing 40% more plastic by the end of the decade than we do today. With more philanthropic partnerships joining together to face the plastics problem, we can change this.
Amur tiger numbers are on the rise in Eastern Russia, contributing to the global increase in wild tiger numbers.
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Poaching, the illegal wildlife trade and habitat loss remain a constant threat to their future. With more philanthropic partnerships we can continue to change this.
