Publications

The July 2011 Newsletter includes:

• An interview with Shivani Bhalla and her work with Samburu lions and warriors;
• A story about Enzo Aliaga-Rossell's study of artisanal fishers’ knowledge and fishery conservation;
• Highlight of Edwin Wanyonyi's innovative fundraising strategies to save Kenyan wildlife;
• Update on Pladele Godobo and his work in Dzanga-Sangha;
• Grantee updates from the field; and
• Upcoming EFN opportunities.

This resource guide provides information and links to capacity-building materials for indigenous peoples and local communities.

WWF adopted a gender policy in April 2011 to show WWF’s ongoing commitment to equity and integrating a gender perspective in its policies, programs, and projects, as well as in its own institutional structure.

Compliance with credible voluntary standards is becoming the default performance hurdle for many institutions, and “certified” products are serving as the common currency of supply chain assurance. These tools are increasingly important as we see large scale investment into soft commodity production and an urgent need to increase the clarity with which investors make decisions about investments. Standards and better environmental and social governance (ESG) metrics will both play a role here, and this edition highlights recent developments.

Through the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD), performance-based standards for freshwater trout farming are being developed. This document provides the second draft of the principles and criteria that will form the final standards. When completed, the final standards will help minimize the key environmental and social impacts related to freshwater trout farming.

Through the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD), performance-based standards for salmon farming are being developed. This document provides the second draft of the principles and criteria that will form the final standards. When completed, the final standards will help minimize the key environmental and social impacts related to salmon farming.

This document provides frequently asked questions about WWF’s work to advance the sustainability of the beef industry and involvement in the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.

In 2007, WWF concluded a review of its policies and programs as they relate to indigenous peoples and local communities. The review resulted in five main recommendations, explained in this report, on ways to strengthen partnerships with indigenous peoples and local communities and ensure high standards for that work throughout WWF.

The market for carbon credits and other environmental benefits from forests (often characterized under the acronym REDD+, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), received a major boost at the Cancun climate meeting last December. In this issue, Iain Henderson and Steve Ruddell, two of WWF’s forest carbon advisors, explore REDD+ and emerging opportunities in carbon markets.

This report identifies a set of principles for climate-adaptive institutions and includes five case studies from around the world that highlight different institutional responses to climate change and related challenges.

Good governance in conservation involves a policy environment and empowered civil society organizations that support democratic participation in decision-making about environmental matters and equitable access to the benefits of conservation. WWF’s conservation work includes efforts to promote governance using multiple approaches ranging from the local to global scale.

In The Energy Report, WWF indicates how its vision of a 100 percent renewable and sustainable energy supply could be realized. The Energy Report is the most ambitious, science-based examination yet of a renewable and clean energy future on a global scale. It covers all energy needs and the challenge of providing reliable and safe energy to all.

This examines the vulnerability of the Galápagos Islands to climate change and offers recommendations for adapting to impacts.

This fact sheet provides an overview of WWF’s work with communities in Namibia, South Pacific, Cameroon and Panama.

The December 2010 Newsletter includes:

• An overview of lessons learned from grantees on iIndigenous communities and conservation;
• A story on Ambika Prasad Khatiwada work with Asiatic Wild Dogs in Kangchenjunga;
• Grantee updates from the field; and
• Upcoming EFN opportunities.

Through the Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue (ShAD), performance-based standards for shrimp farming are being developed. This document provides the second draft of the principles and criteria that will form the final standards. When completed, the final standards will help minimize the key environmental and social impacts related to shrimp farming.

This report examines the gap that exists between the growing threat of a major oil spill in the Arctic and the capacity that exists to respond to it.

Over the past four years the Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP) has been field testing elements of a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program where cattle ranchers can use working agricultural land to provide valuable water-related environmental services, using market-like concepts to increase the provision of environmental services. This edition profiles opportunities for valuing natural capital.

This project aims to research natural human population growth (excluding migration) in some of WWF’s priority places, by identifying the current stage of demographic transition in each and key factors affecting prevailing fertility and mortality rates.

The August 2010 Newsletter includes:

• An interview with Francisco Aguilar on his innovative art exhibit to attract attention to marine conservation;
• A story about Fernando Carvajal-Vallejos working to protect catfish in the rivers of the Bolivian Amazon;
• Upcoming EFN opportunities;
• Grantee updates from the field; and
• Award winning grantees.

Flowing Forward develops guiding principles, processes, and methodologies for incorporating climate change adaptation for water sector projects, with a particular emphasis on impacts on ecosystems.

Through the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD), performance-based standards for freshwater trout farming are being developed. This document provides the first draft of the principles and criteria that will form the final standards. When completed, the final standards will help minimize the key environmental and social impacts related to freshwater trout farming.

Through the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD), performance-based standards for salmon farming are being developed. This document provides the first draft of the principles and criteria that will form the final standards. When completed, the final standards will help minimize the key environmental and social impacts related to salmon farming.