Programs
Development Futures
Development Futures is about creating space for new ways of thinking about development and its intersection with the environment. We are particularly concerned with how development models and public policies, and other economic and financial factors shape both the use and users of the benefits and services the natural environment provides and the potential for sustainable development. Likewise our work has extended to the ways in which institutions and polices can better foster sustainable development in rural areas...
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Key contacts
Gabriella Richardson-TemmMPO Program Representative
gabriella.richardson-temm@wwfus.org
Laurent Some
Director, External Relations and Partnerships, WWF Africa and Madagascar Programme
LSome@wwfnet.org
Owen Cylke
WWF Senior Fellow
owen.cylke@wwfus.org
Matrice Verte - Decision Support Systems for the Great Green Wall
The Sahel faces a persistent problem of variability in rainfall, the major driver of vulnerability in the region. Populations there depend on healthy ecosystems to sustain their livelihoods but are among the poorest in Africa and the most vulnerable to climatic variability. In response, eleven countries of the Sahel have agreed to work together to address policy, investment and institutional barriers that exacerbate the effects of climate change and variability. Leaders of the eleven countries have committed to environmental and development transformation in the region under the rubric of the Great Green Wall (GGW). This vision is fully endorsed by African heads of state which, in turn, charged the NEPAD Agency to provide technical support (15th African Union Summit, Kampala, 2010)...
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Key contacts
Sarah DavidsonWWF Matrice Verte Project Coordinator
MPO Senior Program Officer
sarah.davidson@wwfus.org
Gabriella Richardson-Temm
MPO Program Representative
gabriella.richardson-temm@wwfus.org
Hawa Sow
Africa Policy Coordinator
WWF West African Marine Ecoregion
hsow@wwfsenegal.org
Moabi
The Moabi is a powerful online tool for tracking information spatially. It is a collaborative mapping system that builds a community of users to share, edit, and discuss issues that could affect the sustainability of critical ecosystems. By linking grassroots civil society working in the field to international organizations based in London, Washington DC, and Beijing, our vision is to build a global community promoting transparency and sustainable resource use in critical ecosystems....
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Key contact
Leo BottrillMPO Program Officer
leo.bottrill@wwfus.org
Website
link to the Moabi WebsiteCarbon Benefits Project
WWF is partnering with Michigan State University, the World Agroforestry Center, and the Center of International Forestry Research to develop an innovative system for measuring, monitoring, and managing carbon in a diverse range of landscapes. The partnership, part of the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Environment Programme’s Carbon Benefits Project, will help enable some of the world’s poorest people in the most vulnerable places to obtain the benefits of carbon sequestration...
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Key contacts
Gabriella Richardson-TemmMPO Program Representative
gabriella.richardson-temm@wwfus.org
Owen Cylke
WWF Senior Fellow
owen.cylke@wwfus.org
WWF-CARE Alliance
The CARE-WWF Alliance aims to improve the lives of the poor while restoring healthy and resilient ecosystems. Building on lessons learned from the development and conservation communities, the Alliance addresses the root causes of poverty and environmental degradation beyond geographic and political boundaries.
Key contacts
Sarah DavidsonMPO Senior Program Officer
Sarah.Davidson@wwfus.org
