WWF Annual Review 20 - 25

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
With support from WWF and partner
organizations, local communities are
managing more than a million hectares of
tropical forest in sustainable ways that will
enable them to benefit from REDD+, the
international scheme that provides incentives
for reducing emissions from deforestation
and forest degradation. We've collaborated
with communities in crucial rainforests
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Guyana, Indonesia and Peru to strengthen
natural resource management in ways that
complement their traditional practices. We're
also running capacity building programmes in
territorial governance for Indigenous students
from 37 communities across the Amazon.

RESTORATION IN MEXICO
WWF has worked for over a decade in the
Copalita-Zimatán-Huatulco river basin
- an area spanning 268,000 hectares in
the Mexican state of Oaxaca - to tackle
the impacts of forest loss, which affected
freshwater sources as well as livelihoods.
Our work with local communities,
particularly women's cooperatives and youth
organizations, has led to improved agricultural
practices that reduce pressure on forests,
improved water quality and forest restoration.
The project has directly helped nearly 6,500
people improve their quality of life, and
indirectly benefited more than 22,000.

CHALLENGING DEFORESTATION
A new WWF report outlines an action plan
for safeguarding forests facing the highest risk
of deforestation and forest degradation - a
crucial part of our global goal of restoring
nature. These " deforestation fronts " are
responsible for two-thirds of global
deforestation with over 43 million hectares
lost between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly
the size of Morocco. The report, Deforestation
fronts: drivers and responses in a changing
world, takes a deep dive into what's
driving this forest loss and
the solutions needed to

The Peruvian Amazon is
one of 24 " deforestation
fronts " responsible for
two-thirds of global
deforestation.

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turn things around.

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WWF Annual Review 20

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