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managed protected areas and strengthen

Dedicated support from an anonymous

the resilience of marine ecosystems.

donor has been helping to shape and

Stiftung Usine has generously donated
to our global conservation priorities and
our work to slow the extent and pace of
nature loss in the Brazilian Cerrado, which
is driven by the conversion of savannah
to farmland for cattle and soy production.
As a result of our work, 2020 has seen
the lowest recorded deforestation and
conversion rate in the Cerrado, whilst a
map of the priority areas for restoration in
2021 and beyond has been completed.

implement WWF's strategic conservation
priorities over the past decade.
Additionally, their support in Kenya has
been empowering local communities in
communal conservancies in the Maasai
Mara, through ecotourism and more
sustainable and profitable livestock
management. They also funded a global
youth engagement and education project
that has been inspiring young people to
learn about their natural environment
and then actively engage in a sustainable

Critical funding from Oak Foundation

movement for change. Finally, their

has enabled renewable energy pilots in

emergency support for WWF's actions

Myanmar, the Philippines and Viet Nam,

against the catastrophic fires in the

supporting our Greening the Belt and Road

Amazon provided immediate aid for

Initiative. Oak's grant has also backed

firefighting efforts, long-term support to

work to reduce plastic pollution and with

local advocacy, and strengthened forest

the fishing industry in Korea to support

surveillance against illegal deforestation in

government policy development, industry

Brazil and Bolivia.

practices and public awareness to promote
sustainable fishing methods. We also want
to recognize the launch in 2020 of a new
Oak-backed project - Accelerating Coastal
Community Led Conservation - whilst
also thanking Oak for their longstanding
commitment to supporting our youth
volunteer programme Explore!.

Thanks to continued support from
the Prince Albert II of Monaco
Foundation, WWF has been able
to boost conservation efforts in the
challenges facing the Eastern Atlantic
and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, whilst
also conserving the 30 Hills rainforest
in Sumatra, Indonesia. Their support is

The Ocean Foundation is generously

also critical in protecting the Serrania

helping us to restore the health of the

del Chiribiquete National Park from

Mediterranean small-scale fisheries (SSF)

deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

for 140,000 people across Croatia, Greece,

and improving the natural habitats for the

Italy and Turkey, and the rest of the region.

Amur tiger in China. Finally, their long-

In these countries small-scale fishers

term support has secured the future of the

are beginning to adopt a progressive

island of Gyaros in Greece, which officially

way of governing their resources by

became a marine protected area, and

working collaboratively with scientists,

they began a new project supporting the

civil society and administrators to build

expansion of WWF's work on reducing the

co-management systems. Key successes

demand for shark fins in Asian markets.

are the inclusion of SSF priorities in the
formal work plan of the General Fisheries
Commission for the Mediterranean,
successful sustainable fishing tourism
operating in Croatia and Italy, and a new
partnership with a processor in Italy to
develop a product for undervalued species.

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