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
WWF Zambia has been working in partnership with Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) to curb poaching of the Black lechwe in the Bangweulu plains. African Parks Network’s Bangweulu Wetlands Project is another partner for WWF Zambia in the Bangweulu plains.
Reducing humanity's impact
WWF Zambia is working to reduce humanity's ecological footprint – the amount of land and natural resources needed to supply our food, water, fibre and timber, and to absorb our CO2 emissions.
We are specifically focusing on 5 priority footprint areas that we believe need addressing most urgently:
To reduce humanity's footprint in these areas, through strategic partnerships and alliances, we are promoting and implementing new ways of growing crops, managing fisheries, forests and wetlands, generating energy, and dealing with waste.
We are also looking at ways to transform markets: where and how companies and their supply chains obtain and process these vital commodities.
The aim is that everyone lives within the Earth’s capacity to sustain people and nature, and has equitable access to, and use of, natural resources.
The ecological footprint is a monitor of human demand on ecosystems.
It shows that humanity is already using nearly 30% more natural resources than the Earth can replenish.
Under a business-as-usual scenario, by 2050 people are predicted to be using twice as many natural resources than the Earth can replenish.
If this happens, large-scale ecosystem collapse becomes increasingly likely, as does dangerous climate change.
To prevent this, we need to find ways to maintain a high standard of living while using far fewer natural resources – getting our footprint down to One Planet Living.
Footprint Goals
- Commodities
(crops, meat, fish and wood)
- Water
By 2050, humanity’s global footprint stays within the Earth’s capacity to sustain life and the natural resources of our planet are shared equitably.
WWF Zambia is working to reduce humanity's ecological footprint – the amount of land and natural resources needed to supply our food, water, fibre and timber, and to absorb our CO2 emissions.
We are specifically focusing on 5 priority footprint areas that we believe need addressing most urgently:
- Carbon, Energy & Climate (energy use, impact of forest loss, and the need for a national policy and strategies on climate change)
- Farming (food, fibre, grazing, aquaculture, and biofuels)
- Fishing (over-fishing, illegal & unregulated fishing, and bycatch)
- Forestry (conservation, timber, paper, pulp, and fuel wood)
- Water (dams, irrigation, domestic and industrial uses)
To reduce humanity's footprint in these areas, through strategic partnerships and alliances, we are promoting and implementing new ways of growing crops, managing fisheries, forests and wetlands, generating energy, and dealing with waste.
We are also looking at ways to transform markets: where and how companies and their supply chains obtain and process these vital commodities.
The aim is that everyone lives within the Earth’s capacity to sustain people and nature, and has equitable access to, and use of, natural resources.
The ecological footprint is a monitor of human demand on ecosystems.
It shows that humanity is already using nearly 30% more natural resources than the Earth can replenish.
Under a business-as-usual scenario, by 2050 people are predicted to be using twice as many natural resources than the Earth can replenish.
If this happens, large-scale ecosystem collapse becomes increasingly likely, as does dangerous climate change.
To prevent this, we need to find ways to maintain a high standard of living while using far fewer natural resources – getting our footprint down to One Planet Living.
Footprint Goals
- By 2020, humanity’s global footprint falls below its 2000 level and continues its downward trend, specifically in the areas of:
- Commodities
(crops, meat, fish and wood)
- Water
By 2050, humanity’s global footprint stays within the Earth’s capacity to sustain life and the natural resources of our planet are shared equitably.