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Fusing the Nature and Culture Divide

WWF Ranger Principles | May 2021

Successful nature conservation must be founded on understanding and supporting human rights in relation to the environment, including rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Environment and Social Safeguards Integrated Policies and Procedures

The mission of World Wildlife Fund, Inc., (WWF) is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

WWF Environmental and Social Safeguards - Risk Categorization Memorandum | June 2021

The proposed GEF-funded project “Integrated management of Cameroon’s forest landscapes in the Congo Basin” is a child project under the global Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes (CBSL).

Indigenous Peoples and Conservation: WWF Statement of Principles | Date

Indigenous peoples inhabit nearly 20 per cent of the planet, mainly in areas where they have lived for thousands of years. Indigenous peoples are among the earth’s most important stewards, as evidenced by the high degree of correspondence between the lands, waters and territories of indig- enous peoples and the remaining high-biodiversity regions of the world.