World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
WWF’s Freshwater Practice is made up of over 400 people working on freshwater issues in 50+ countries. Collectively the Practice works to deliver the two outcomes:
Healthy Habitats & Species: By 2030, protection of freshwater habitats has doubled and good management and restoration of freshwater habitats has stabilised freshwater species populations.
Clean Flowing Rivers: By 2030, the river flows and quality of the most important ecosystems are maintained or restored.
Our Goal is to ensure that Freshwater ecosystems and their services sustain people and nature. Achieving this goal depends on global cooperation on all fronts and will be measured by a reversal in the declining Freshwater component of the Living Planet Index (LPI), together with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) of ‘Water for All’.
Technical assitance for governments in river dolphin range states
A Virtual workshop on financing transboundary water cooperation and basin development took place online on 16 and 17 December 2020. The workshop was organized by the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) serviced by UNECE, in co … Read more
Natural systems play a vital role in supporting employment. According to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), some 1.2 billion jobs in sectors such as farming, fisheries, forestry and tourism are dependent on the effective management and sust … Read more
New guide to setting site water targets UN-Water 5 December, 2019 A report and guidance for setting site water targets was recently published by the UN Global Compact, CEO Water Mandate. The guide aims to help companies set effective site water targets that are informed by catchment context, which c … Read more
World Wildlife Fund freshwater initiatives brief UN-Water 7 October, 2019 With a new global strategy and range of innovative initiatives, World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) work on freshwater is undergoing a paradigm shift. With focus on big wins – on securing systemic and landscape level change, WWF’s are … Read more
World Wildlife Fund report on free flowing rivers UN-Water 22 July, 2019 A recently launched report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Nature Conservancy demonstrates how the renewable energy revolution can help adress the world’s climate and energy challenge without affecting rivers and the div … Read more
