Tag: WWF

Future US Food Security is a $3.2 Billion Opportunity for Farmers in the Mid-Mississippi Delta

Stuart Mitchell

World Wildlife Fund effort to protect wildlife habitats from agricultural expansion takes root as the Delta Ag Alliance—a group of innovative farmers, startups, retailers, and investors working together to transition existing farmland from commodity row crops to specialty food crops. If just 3% of existing farmland in the mid-Mississippi Delta (eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, and northwestern Mississippi) could be converted from commodity crops to specialty food crops by 2034, it would result in an extra $3.2 billion in annual farmgate revenue across the region. According to a new report from…

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WWF and IKEA renew their 23-year partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2002, WWF and Inter IKEA Group have partnered in projects focusing on forests, climate, cotton, and freshwater to protect key landscapes, enhance biodiversity, and empower communities. Today, the partnership announced the next phase until 2030, continuing its work within forests and freshwater while taking a wider stance on agriculture.   WWF and IKEA have worked together to promote responsible management and protection of natural resources through joint projects in 23 countries, across Europe, Asia and South America. The new phase of the partnership will run from 2025 to 2030 and…

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Lovejoy Prize Awarded at Climate Week NYC

Stuart Mitchell

The second Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was awarded last night to an exceptional leader who has led innovative approaches to advance the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. The recipient of this year’s prize is Martín von Hildebrand, an ethnologist and anthropologist with 50 years of experience defending Indigenous peoples’ rights and advancing the conservation of the rainforest. He was celebrated during a ceremony held at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo during New York City’s annual Climate Week. The Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was created to honor the legacy…

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Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…

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Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…

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