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People observing climate change and supporting climate solutions

Climate change threatens lives, livelihoods, and lifestyles.

WWF is connecting with individuals and communities around the world.

We are doing this to highlight the impacts of climate change and the work that people are doing to take action. 

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Marc Bormans, Climate Witness from Belgium

Climate Witness: Marc Bormans, Belgium

Farmer and cattle breeder Marc Bomans wonders whether increased temperatures and drought in Belgium has led to the spread of new exotic diseases in his cattle and sheep.

Posted on 27 February 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Marlene Rocha, Climate Witness

Climate Witness: Marlene Rocha, Brazil

My name is Marlene Rêgo Rocha. I was born and raised in the village of Igarapé do Costa. With around 80 families, the village is located near the margins of the Amazonas River and sees only two seasons throughout the year: winter, when it pours and summer, the dry season.

Posted on 18 February 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Carlton Young Jr., Climate Witness, Belize

Climate Witness: Carlton Young Jr., Belize

Tour operator Carlton Young Junior is worried about dying coral and increased costal erosion from sea level rises and destruction of the local mangroves in Placencia, Belize.

Posted on 27 January 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Willy Versluys: ”The changes in climate are already noticeable in the North Sea.”

Climate Witness: Willy Versluys, Belgium

Fishing fleet owner Willy Versluys from Ostend describes how warming in the North Sea has brought new fish and pests to his fishing grounds in the North Sea. He also has concerns about how the increase in storms will affect his fishing fleet.

Posted on 23 January 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Maya Radeva, Climate Witness, Bulgaria

Climate Witness: Maya Radeva, Bulgaria

Maya Radeva is the director of Balgarka Nature Park, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria and over the past 15 years she has witnessed an episodic increase in temperature in the region that has been affecting forests. In 2007 the high temperatures made it difficult for the trees to fill their seeds.

Posted on 19 January 2009 | 2 comments | Read more

Boyan Petrov, Climate Witness, Bulgaria

Climate Witness: Boyan Petrov, Bulgaria

Boyan Petrov, is a zoologist from the National Natural History Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is also a mountaineer. As well as witnessing changes in the local climate since his childhood, a recent mountaineering trip to the Himalayas opened his eyes to changes taking place there.

Posted on 14 January 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Dan Cox

Climate Witness: Dan Cox, USA

Daniel J Cox’s annual trips to observe and photograph polar bears in the Canadian Arctic reveals that arctic ice is freezing for shorter periods each year; drastically shrinking the hunting season for polar bears.

Posted on 05 December 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

Alex Bocage de Almeida, Climate Witness, Brazil

Climate Witness: Alex Bocage de Almeida, Brazil

When Alex Bocage de Almeida was windsurfing in Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil, he witnessed an unusual event when dozens of penguins surrounded him. A temperature rise in the Malvinas had diminished their feeding grounds, and these penguins had swum the length of South America in search of food.

Posted on 02 December 2008 | 3 comments | Read more

Juan Carlos Villagran, Climate Witness, Guatemala

Climate Witness: Juan Carlos Villagran, Guatemala

As the city of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, grows and develops, local water supplies are becoming contaminated by waste, and plant and animal species are disappearing from local waters.

Posted on 19 November 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

Marush Narankhuu, Climate Witness, Mongolia

Climate Witness: Marush Narankhuu, Mongolia

Rising temperatures are causing significant problems for Mongolia's agriculture, evaporating fresh water sources and reducing the amount of pasture available for cattle grazing.

Posted on 08 November 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

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