Tag: WWF

First-of-its-kind Index Measures the Connectedness of Nature

Stuart Mitchell

New research published recently in Science maps how animals move between the world’s land-based protected areas for the first time and introduces a new index that measures how connected each of the world’s protected areas (PAs) are, called the Protected Area Isolation index (PAI). The connectedness of nature, known as ecological connectivity, is fundamental to animal movement between habitats. Connected habitats allow species to move across landscapes to find food and water, mate effectively to maintain genetic diversity and healthy wildlife populations, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. “We’ve…

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WWF Releases New Position: Chemical Recycling Implementation Principles

Stuart Mitchell

As part of the No Plastic in Nature vision, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released Chemical Recycling Implementation Principles. These principles aim to help decision makers determine if and how chemical recycling—an emerging technology with unknown environmental and social outcomes—should be pursued as a plastic waste mitigation tactic.  Alix Grabowski, director of plastic and material science at WWF said: “Even as technologies advance, we can’t recycle our way out of the growing plastic waste crisis. Instead of just focusing on recycling, we should prioritize strategies like reducing our overall single-use plastic…

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First-ever ‘State of Conservation Technology’ Report Identifies Top 3 Emerging Technologies to Advance Conservation

Stuart Mitchell

A first-of-its-kind report assessing the current field of conservation technology and various tools’ ability to diagnose, understand and address the most critical environmental challenges of our time finds three emerging technologies have particularly promising trajectories to advance conservation over the next ten years. Artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning and computer vision, environmental DNA (eDNA) and genomics, and networked sensors are named the top three emerging conservation technologies in A Global Community-Sourced Assessment of the State of Conservation Technology, published today in Conservation Biology. The report, led by WILDLABS and Colorado…

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ReSource: Plastic Member Companies Eliminated More Than Half of Their Problematic Plastic From 2018-2020; Waste Infrastructure Posed Challenges to Increasing Recycled Content

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds that Principal Members in the organization’s ReSource: Plastic program – Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald’s Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic [1] by 57% between 2018 and 2020. This significant reduction, which totaled 71,000 metric tons, included the elimination or material transformation of hard-to-recycle small items like straws, utensils, and materials like rigid foam and vinyl. The decrease in problematic plastic is one of many metrics highlighting progress published in Transparent 2021, the…

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HP and WWF Commit $80M to Protect Critical Forest Ecosystems

Stuart Mitchell

After the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, HP is pledging to expand its reforestation efforts and partnership with the World Wildlife Fund.  Building on its Forest Positive Vision and goals, the company has announced it’s expanding an existing partnership with WWF to sustainably manage, restore, and protect nearly one million acres of forest over the next decade to counterbalance the 17 million metric ton of paper used in both consumer and commercial HP printers. In 2020, HP said it achieved zero deforestation for 99% of HP brand…

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