FEATURED

Protecting 60,000 Hectares of Forest in Vietnam

A World Bank-financed project in Vietnam helped conserve the Chu Yang Sin National Park’s forests, watersheds and surrounding areas. 

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FEATURE STORY
Update on Tiger Summit 

While public awareness has grown and tiger range country governments have made major commitments, the threat of poaching remains. Read More »


PUBLICATION
Addo Elephant National Park 

A new publication covering everything from the planning to the implementation of a successful conservation and socio-economic model. Read More »


FEATURE STORY
Tiger Forum Aims to Reverse Loss   

Leaders from countries where tigers still live gathered in Russia for an unprecedented event – the first high-level meeting to save an endangered species. Read More »


PUBLICATION
Save Our Species–A New Call on Businesses 

World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and IUCN announced they had established the SOS initiative with more than USD 10 million in financing commited. Read More »

This year's annual review focuses on the importance of biodiversity conservation in sustaining livelihoods and reducing poverty. Read More »

This book offers a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as essential in addressing climate change. Read More »

With biodiversity loss increasing at an unprecedented rate, the World Bank is joining with other partners to focus fund-raising efforts to address the crisis. Read More » 

World Bank is one of several organizations working to protect tigers that could disappear in the next decade. Read More »

This portfolio review shows that between 1988 and 2008, the World Bank approved 598 projects supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. Read More » 

WHAT'S NEW

November 2
Call Issued To Save Wild Tigers From Extinction

September 5
Managing Congo Basin Forests: A Regional Approach for a Regional Resource

August 4
Eastern Caribbean Countries to Protect 100,000 Hectares of Fragile Marine Ecosystems

July 5
Reforestation Projects Bring Carbon Revenues And Co-Benefits To Poor Communities

June 21
World Bank to Support Urgent Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar

May 17
India –Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihoods Improvement Project

April 18
Biodiversity Sector Results Profile

April 7
Bangladesh and Nepal - Strenthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia

April 5
Save our Species Project

April 5
Threated Species Conservation Gets a Welcome $4.9 million Boost

February 9
World Bank Financing to Help Croatia Meet EU Standards in Nature Conservation

December 20
Tunisia: The World Bank Supports A New Project In The Rural Development And Environment Sector

November 21
Op-ed: If We Falter, We Will Lose the Wild Tiger 

UN Environment Programme

Highlights

A new Environment Strategy for the World Bank Group is being drafted.

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This report suggests that engaging indigenous peoples more effectively in biodiversity conservation represents a win-win situation.

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This book clearly articulates how protected areas contribute to reducing impacts of climate change and what is needed for them to achieve even more.

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