PROTECTING WILDLIFE FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Progress Report

The report details several wildlife conservation efforts, including the certification of 14 Tiger Reserves in India under the Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) and a 16% increase in Nepal's greater one-horned rhino population between 2015 and 2021. It highlights a five-year project with USAID to combat wildlife trafficking in Vietnam and the use of AI-powered night vision thermal technology to stop elephant poachers in Zambia's Kafue National Park. Additionally, the document describes new DNA extraction methods from footprints to monitor polar bears in the Arctic and a program to remove 'ghost gear' and disentangle whales along Mexico's Pacific Coast.

• India has seen a significant advancement in tiger conservation, with the government announcing in July 2021 that 14 Tiger Reserves received Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) approval. CA|TS is currently being used across 125 sites in seven tiger range countries, with 94 of those located in India.
• Nepal's 2021 National Rhino Count, conducted in the Terai Arc Landscape, showed that the greater one-horned rhino population increased by 16% since 2015, rising from an estimated 645 to 752 individuals.
• WWF and USAID have started a five-year project in Vietnam to reduce the illegal trade of tiger, elephant, and rhino products by reforming market regulations, strengthening wildlife crime reporting, and targeting key trade hot spots such as airports and seaports.
• In Zambia's Kafue National Park, which hosts approximately 6,500 elephants, WWF and Teledyne FLIR Systems, Inc. are using night vision thermal cameras and EarthRanger software to detect poachers and boats in real-time via artificial intelligence.
• WWF is implementing a new monitoring technique for polar bears in the Arctic that involves extracting DNA from skin cells left in footprints, which provides a faster and more accurate method for population estimates and studying responses to climate change than traditional field hours.
• To protect marine life along Mexico's Pacific Coast, WWF is working with local fisheries to retrieve 'ghost gear' (abandoned fishing gear) and has trained over 180 volunteers in techniques to free whales from this gear.

APA

WWF International (n.d.). PROTECTING WILDLIFE FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Progress Report. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/602/9iezzm3cq5_LegacyReport2022_final.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. PROTECTING WILDLIFE FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Progress Report. n.d. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/602/9iezzm3cq5_LegacyReport2022_final.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternationalndprotecting, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{PROTECTING WILDLIFE FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Progress Report}}, institution = {WWF International}, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/602/9iezzm3cq5_LegacyReport2022_final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }