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The new protected areas will help protect the endangered Brazilian jaguar (<i>Panthera onca</I>) and other Amazon species.

Who lives in the Amazon? What species are found there? What threats do they face? And what is WWF doing about it?
Find answers to these questions and much more in our Amazon mega feature.

WWF Brazil office

WWF has worked in Brazil since 1971, but officially opened its office there in 1996. WWF runs dozens of projects here in partnership with regional NGOs, universities and government agencies. It develops activities to support research, legislation, public policy, environmental education and communication. in particular, many conservation projects are aimed at stimulating sustainable economic alternatives that both involve and benefit local communities.

Founded: 30 August 1996

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WWF Brazil,
Brasilia

SHIS EQ QL 6/8 Conjunto E - 2° andar 71620-430 Brasilia Brazil +55 61 3364 7400 +55 61 3364 7474

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WWF Brazil,
Brasilia +55 61 3364 7400

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WWF Conservation Projects in Brazil

Coordination for Conservation of the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion

With the advent of ecoregion-based conservation in 1997 and the identification of the Atlantic Forest as one of the most important ecoregions in the w...

Modified: Jan 2010 - Started: Jul 1998

DIALOGOS - Building Consensus on Access to Natural Resources in the Brazilian Amazon

The project aims to improve forest conservation by tapping the potential of the limited and under-explored spaces for dialogue, negotiation, coordinat...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Oct 2005

Programme on Protected Areas and Support to ARPA

WWF Brazil's main mission on its Programme on Protected Areas and Support to ARPA is to accompany and support the execution of the Amazon Region Prote...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Apr 2006

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The EU must take the lead to reduce its CO2 emissions by one third by 2020.

Danish PM's stitch-up on Copenhagen unravels in Beijing

WWF has welcomed the very strong signal from leading emerging economies that the Copenhagen climate change conference is far too important to be stitched up in the usual way by the usual suspects in the developed world.

Posted on 28 November 2009 | 5 comments | Read more

Forest growing by the Sucunduri River. Juruena National Park, Brazil. June-July 2006.

Brazil throws out another climate challenge updating greenhouse gas inventory

Brazil this week announced preliminary data for an update of its long neglected greenhouse gas emissions inventory, a move strongly welcomed by WWF-Brazil.

Posted on 27 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Aerial view of forest clearing to create grazing pasture for cattle. Amazon, Brazil.

Brazil sets example on halting forest loss

The recent announcement by Brazil – one of the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases from deforestation - that it is adopting new emissions reduction targets could help steer negotiators in Copenhagen toward a stronger climate change deal.

Posted on 18 November 2009 | 2 comments | Read more

Oncas rapids, Juruena National Park - part of the Southern Amazon (mega) conservation corridor

Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests

Fewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says.

Posted on 13 November 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

If overfishing of tuna, particularly the Atlantic bluefin tuna, continues, the world fisheries will be faced with an ecological disaster.

Mediterranean bluefin catches continue to mock quotas and science

New bluefin tuna catch estimates show Mediterranean fishing fleets continuing to make a mockery of fishing quotas set by the beleaguered Atlantic tuna commission. The new estimates are more than four times a recent scientific estimate of fishing levels that would give the collapsing tuna population only a toss of the coin probability of recovery over more than a decade.

Posted on 12 November 2009 | 2 comments | Read more

Houses of shrimp fishermen near Mogla, Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh. Poverty is rife in the Sundarbans. These shrimp fishermen's houses are threatened by rising water levels due to climate change and the frequent storms that batter this area

G20 finance ministers fail to reach green on climate financing

Finance ministers of the world’s dominant economies failed to reach agreement on the financing required for a global agreement to stave off catastrophic climate change, WWF said today as the G20 finance ministers meeting here broke up with no resolution to issues dividing developed and emerging economies.

Posted on 07 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more