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COP 19 Update: Delivering the Message

 |  Nov 25, 2013

This weekend marked the official end of the 19th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Governments have agreed on a text after working through … Read more

COP 19 Report: NWF’s Partnerships for Forest Protection

 |  Nov 15, 2013

Greetings from Poland! NWF staff have been circling the National Stadium, speaking with government negotiators, civil society and the private sector. Yesterday was our opportunity to present the work we’ve … Read more

COPs, REDD and Climate Change: NWF Takes its Message to Poland

 |  Nov 11, 2013

The air is starting to get chilly, the sun is setting earlier in the evening, and climate change professionals around the world are working longer hours. It must be time … Read more

Clear Science, Murky Ambition: Forests and Our Carbon Pollution Footprint

 |  Oct 3, 2013

As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United States is periodically required to submit a report outlining its progress in addressing carbon pollution. … Read more

Gucci Goes Green at Paris Fashion Week

 |  Mar 5, 2013

This post was written by Nathalie Walker, Manager of National Wildlife Federation’s Tropical Agriculture, Forests and Climate Project For decades, fashion designers have looked to wildlife and the natural world for inspiration. … Read more

Weekly News Roundup – February 10, 2012

 |  Feb 10, 2012

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Major Milestone for Sustainable Biofuels February 10 – The … Read more

Weekly News Roundup – December 9, 2011

 |  Dec 9, 2011

Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: After 150 Years, Tribes to Welcome Home Wild Bison … Read more

Haunted Forests

 |  Oct 31, 2011

Halloween is the time when ghosts of ages past appear! It is not only the ghosts of those people who have past though that can be seen haunting our historic … Read more

New Documentary on Deforestation’s Threat to Lemurs

,  |  Sep 13, 2011

Humans may have only one planet, but imagine if we had only one island? That’s the reality for lemurs, primates that live only on Madagascar. And as a new documentary … Read more

VIDEO – At Climate Talks, NWF Presses for Reduced Deforestation in Brazil

 |  Dec 9, 2010

In the past decade, deforestation has accounted for over 50 percent of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions and it’s the world’s third largest emitter of carbon. Agriculture for things like cattle … Read more