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Conservation Highlights 2009

Take a look at some of our proudest achievements to protect biodiversity and reduce humanity’s footprint in 2009 - and a glance forward to some of what we hope to achieve in 2010.

Biodiversity

Vanoise National Park. French Alps in the Savoie, France

WWF Priority Places and Species

WWF’s biodiversity meta-goal is to ensure the integrity of the most outstanding natural places on Earth. This includes the protection of biodiversity in high conservation priority areas, and restoring populations of those species with the highest ecological, economic and cultural value. Read about our successes...

Footprint

Our ecological footprint – that is the impact of humanity on the earth – has increased two and half fold since 1961.

Reducing our impact on the planet

WWF’s second meta-goal is to reduce humankind’s Ecological Footprint so that we live within the renewable resource limits of our planet.

WWF’s work on transforming markets focuses on the production of key commodities including palm oil, soy, tuna, timber, pulp and paper, farmed salmon and shrimp. Read about our successes...

Climate

Vondrozo children's choir

Climate change is the biggest threat to nature and humanity in the 21st century.

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions could result in disastrous consequences for people and nature. The global community will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009 to agree on a new global climate deal aimed at protecting the future of our planet. Read about our success so far.

The Future

Voyage for the Future

It doesn't stop here or now...there's a lot more work to do.

Read about future events and achievements we hope to accomplish, ongoing strategies and where some of our current work is leading. 
Read about our hopeful future successes!
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