Founded: 30 August 1996

WWF Brazil,
Brasilia
SHIS EQ QL 6/8 Conjunto E - 2° andar 71620-430 Brasilia Brazil +55 61 3364 7400 +55 61 3364 7474
The project aims to improve forest conservation by tapping the potential of the limited and under-explored spaces for dialogue, negotiation, coordinat...
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...
The Pantanal, located in southwestern Brazil as well as parts of Bolivia and Paraguay, is the world’s largest wetland. Here, one finds howler monkeys,...
New bluefin tuna catch estimates show
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.
Large scale transfers of water from one river basin to another are generally occurring without adequate scrutiny of their economic, environmental and social impacts, according to an analysis released to World Water Week by WWF.
Conservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing squatting on Amazon land – regulations that encompass parcels equal to the combined size of Germany and Italy.
La Paz, Bolivia - An international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions.
Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats.
Responsible ecotourism in the Amazon tributary of the Aripuana River, could help reduce deforestation and protect one in 10 known species on Earth.
Geneva, Switzerland - The statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro will slip suddenly into darkness. So will the Golden Gate bridge, the Eiffel tower and South Africa’s Table Mountain.
Wood and construction companies in Sao Paulo -- Brazil’s most industrialised and populous state -- have committed themselves to the use of legal and certified wood in a move which could help preserve the country’s endangered Amazon forests.
The global call to action on climate change has been answered from east to west as a record 538 cities and towns in 75 countries sign up to turn their lights off at 8.30pm on 28 March for Earth Hour 2009.