The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices...
- WWF Global
- Adria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- AsiaPacific
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Borneo
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caucasus
- Central African Republic
- Central America
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- European Policy Office
- Finland
Biodiversity decline and loss of ecosystem services is a major global threat to the future of our planet and our generations.
The good news is that there are lots of things you can do to help ease the pressure on this loss of biodiversity.
We are not in a hopeless situation.
In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference...
Be good to our climate
All of us are affected, in one way or another by Climate Change.
![Small plant growing in drying mud.](http://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/img/istock_000006834012medium_1_356246.jpg)
Species that have no-where to run are gradually being pushed towards extinction.
But you can help to switch off global warming in many different ways...
Don’t buy bad souvenirs
You're on your holidays, you're in the souvenir shop, and boy does "that" look nice. It’s so unusual, it would make a great talking point when you get home.
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If it is, and if you buy it, you're just going to encourage whoever killed it, crafted it or made it, to do it all over again.
Plus, most likely you're going to break an international law when you go through customs, and that's always a situation to avoid.
By avoiding certain wildlife products and carefully watching what you buy (always ask!), you can prevent bringing many species closer to the edge of extinction.
At the same time you'll also be encouraging local suppliers to stock only legal and sustainable products.
So what should you look out for? You can check out our holiday guide here.
But the golden rule is this: if you doubt it, don't buy it.
Save our forests by buying "good" wood
Every year about 13 million hectares of natural forest are lost - an area equivalent in size to Greece.
![The raid on illegally harvested bigleaf mahogany in Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.](http://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/img/mahoganyraid_356248.jpg)
Buy wood and wood products that come from a sustainable legal source One of the main causes of this destruction is illegal logging, which is fed by the high demand for timber and timber products that end up in our shops and your homes. Some analysts estimate international trade of illegally logged products at around US$5 billion per year
By questioning where your garden furniture or wooden flooring comes from - you can in fact halt the chainsaws and support those suppliers who are doing it right!
Look out for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label and if you don't see it, then ask, and make sure you are only buying good wood!
Reduce your paper consumption and use recycled paper Using 100% recycled paper saves 24 trees per tonne of paper
Check out some tips on how to be paper efficient!
Buy sustainable seafood
80% of the world's biodiversity lives in the sea and there is still much to be discovered. At least 100 million unnamed species live on the ocean floor alone. Yet beneath the ocean's surface there are constant scenes of absolute and utter destruction
We are bulldozing, scooping, sieving and raking our oceans for all their worth...
And leaving nothing but a wasteland behind.
Nowadays 75% of the world’s fisheries are fully or over exploited.
Our insatiable demand for, and unscrupulous extraction of fish constitutes the single biggest threat to the overall health of the marine environment and its ability to support life on Earth.
But there are ways and means to keep our oceans alive.
At restaurant or at home, all you have to do is choose fish which are sustainable, avoiding endangered like Bluefin Tuna or Northsea cod and prefer seafood labelled with the blue MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) logo.
Take a stand against unsustainable fishing and check out these seafood guides...