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OUR G L O B A L WOR K
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THE WORLD IS FACING A WORSENING WATER CRISIS THAT IS UNDERMINING
HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH. WWF IS HELPING TO TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE
BY PARTNERING TO PROTECT AND RESTORE HEALTHY FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
SO THAT THEY CAN SUSTAIN PEOPLE AND NATURE.
A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR RIVER DOLPHINS
The first ever Global Declaration for River
Dolphins was adopted by 11 states in Asia
and South America - covering 80% of the
states where river dolphins are found. Driven
by WWF, the historic declaration commits
countries to take urgent measures to safeguard
their river dolphins and enhance the health
of the great rivers they inhabit - including
the Amazon, Ganges, Indus, Mahakam and
Mekong. As well as securing the future of these
iconic mammals, this will benefit countless
other species and hundreds of millions of
people living in these river basins.
All six species of river dolphin are faced
with extinction - but it's not too late to
turn things round, as the latest census of
the critically endangered Yangtze finless
porpoise showed. After decades of decline,
numbers are now on the up thanks to
concerted conservation efforts by the Chinese
government, organizations and communities,
rising by nearly a quarter in five years
from 1,109 to 1,249.
Governments alone cannot achieve the goals
of the declaration. The Global Coalition for
River Dolphins was launched by 21 civil society
organizations to help drive progress under the
declaration, while Indigenous Peoples, global
conventions, multinationals and the World
Bank pledged their support.
GLOBAL FRESHWATER PLAN
Building on last year's historic UN
nature recovery agreement, the largest
freshwater restoration initiative ever
was launched with support from WWF.
Championed by countries in the Global
South, the Freshwater Challenge has
ambitious goals: restore 300,000km of
rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands
by 2030, and conserve intact freshwater
ecosystems. During a ministerial event at the
COP28 climate summit, 38 more countries
from all continents joined the challenge.
COUNTRY-LEVEL ACTION
Our work ranged from preventing a
destructive mine in the Lower Zambezi
National Park in Zambia and securing
extensive new protected areas around
rivers in Mongolia to opening up rivers in
Europe, including the first dam removal
in Latvia, approval for the first removals
in Croatia and the biggest ever series of
removals in Finland.
UN WATER CONFERENCE
We played a major role in the first
UN Water Conference for nearly half
a century, which brought real momentum
for action on freshwater ecosystems.
Building public support was crucial to its
success, with water advocate Mina Guli's
epic 200 marathons inspiring people
from 202 states and territories to pledge
their own commitment through the
WWF-supported RunBlue campaign.
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