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WWF's Agriculture and Biodiversity Initiative is active around the world, working with governments, NGOs, researchers and others to introduce sustainable management programs and improve productivity while protecting biodiversity. Below is a sampling of those projects.
Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project. Florida is experiencing a water crisis. The future of the state - from people and wildlife to wetlands and nearly eight million acres of ranchland - hinges on efficient water management. The Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP) offers ranchers in the Lake Okeechobee watershed an opportunity to provide environmental services like water retention and improved water quality in ways that save taxpayers money, provide additional revenue, preserve rural communities and enhance wildlife habitats. Learn more about the project.
Mesoamerican Reef. WWF is establishing a partnership with governments, research institutions, and NGOs to put in place monitoring systems for agricultural pesticides and nutrients that are among the threats having the greatest impact on the Mesoamerican Reef. Tracing the effluents back to the source of production by specific agricultural commodities (e.g. bananas, pineapples, sugar, orange juice, oil palm, and shrimp) will allow partners to identify BMPs that can reduce those impacts. It is especially critical to accomplish this before the implementation of free trade agreements such as CAFTA result in substantial expansion of agricultural production.
Paraguay's Atlantic Forest. Soy production in Paraguay is expanding rapidly, threatening the already fragmented Upper Parana portion of the Atlantic Forest Complex. By law, producers are required to retain 25 percent of their land as natural habitat. WWF is analyzing the potential use of tradable development rights for soy producers as a means of creating meaningful biological corridors from these fragments while allowing soy to be produced on the land most suitable for cultivation.
Around the World. WWF is conducting a global review of environmental service payments in order to capture lessons learned and the ability of these programs to accelerate the adoption of BMPs and create new income streams. WWF will analyze these initiatives with the goal of understanding their financial implications, applicability, limitations, and conditions for success. The results of this analysis could be used by donors, governments, and stakeholder groups to more effectively encourage this approach in places where it does not yet exist, and expand it where it does.
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| Twenty-Six Year Veteran of Aquaculture Industry Joins WWF Team August, 2007 |
| WWF Report Prompts Chilean Salmon Farming Reforms June, 2007 |
| Leading palm oil producers commit to responsible agricultural management June, 2007 |
| Major Companies Buying Coffee Illegally Grown in Tiger, Rhino and Elephant Habitat Jan. 17, 2007 |
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