WWF SOUTH AFRICA STRATEGY 2025

This fact sheet outlines Outcome 2 of the WWF South Africa Strategy 2025, focusing on improving freshwater quantity and quality in strategic water source areas to benefit ecological systems and downstream communities.

• South Africa faces water scarcity intensified by climatic change and extreme weather, which negatively affects the economy, ecosystems, and human health. While only ten percent of the land surface provides half of the water for rivers and dams, these strategic water source areas are threatened by mining, invasive alien species, and high water usage in the forestry and agriculture sectors.
• To achieve water security, WWF South Africa focuses on protecting water source areas, improving water use efficiency, addressing water allocations in high-impact sectors, and considering the transfer of irrigable land during land reform.
• WWF's operational approach involves working with government and stakeholders to integrate water resource planning into national and local policies, implementing water stewardship best practices, and forming community-public-private partnerships at the catchment level to rehabilitate and manage water sources. They also support the capacity of institutions such as catchment management agencies and water users associations.

APA

WWF South Africa (n.d.). WWF SOUTH AFRICA STRATEGY 2025. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_strategy___outcome_2.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. WWF SOUTH AFRICA STRATEGY 2025. n.d. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_strategy___outcome_2.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=WWF South Africa |title=WWF SOUTH AFRICA STRATEGY 2025 |url=https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_strategy___outcome_2.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{wwfsouthafricandwwf, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{WWF SOUTH AFRICA STRATEGY 2025}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_strategy___outcome_2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }