International conservation NGO founded in 1961 and based in Gland, Switzerland, working to protect wildlife and habitats through a network of national offices.
Nature argues that the 30x30 habitat target and the $30 billion conservation pledge are off course as COP17 opens on 19 October. The habitat half is less settled than the money, because a 14 October study suggests official figures may undercount protected land.
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Indonesian authorities and the YIARI foundation released eight orangutans into a protected forest in West Kalimantan after rescuing them from fires on Borneo. Rescuers call the relocation a necessary step once a habitat is no longer safe.
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WWF's 2026 Living Planet Index puts the average decline in monitored wildlife populations since 1970 at 73%. Researchers who work with the data say many more populations go uncounted and that sampling bias could push the figure either way.
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Indonesian conservation groups and authorities have rescued dozens of orangutans suffering burns and smoke inhalation from fires in Sumatra and Borneo. An IUCN warning in CNA's version of the AFP report puts the exposure much wider, with fires burning in habitat that holds 52 per cent of Borneo's orangutans.
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WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 finds monitored wildlife populations have fallen 73% on average since 1970. The report's case that conservation can work leans on bluefin tuna back in UK waters, credited to quota cuts, size limits and protected spawning grounds.
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WWF's Living Planet Report finds a 73% average decline in monitored wildlife populations over 53 years, though about half are stable or growing. Green turtles are among them, after decades of protection in a species that takes 20 years to mature.
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More than 2,000 people in Norway and Poland read stories written to make them angry, compassionate or hopeful about climate change, then got the chance to hand over the 200 kroner or 20 zloty they had just been paid.
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