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Join us as we reflect on 2023's conservation highlights for wildlife, people, and nature. We are celebrating these wins because of YOU. Thank you for caring about conservation and making us stronger.
Help protect the future of nature with your year-end gift to WWF. Thanks for your generosity! |
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2023 conservation highlights
This year, WWF celebrated a series of exciting triumphs, from working to protect river dolphins globally to helping stop a mega-mining threat in Alaska. Look back at our 2023 wins! |
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Help halt illegal deforestation
Illegal commercial agriculture is a major cause of global deforestation, harming communities and the climate. You can make a difference by supporting the FOREST Act, making companies trace and confirm that their products are legally produced. |
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Can you tell?
Whose long legs are these? (Hint: this South American species is sometimes called a "fox on stilts.") |
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Size
African savanna elephants are the biggest land animals on Earth. Adult males (bulls) can be 13 feet tall and weigh more than 14,000 pounds! |
Influence
Making pathways, pushing over trees to access branches and roots, dispersing seeds of fruit they've eaten, and digging for water with their tusks and trunks, elephants are important ecosystem engineers and help promote rich biodiversity. |
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African savanna elephants are found in 23 sub-Saharan countries and live in a variety of habitats, from open and wooded savannas to deserts and forests. Poaching is the primary threat to this endangered species. |
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Pop quiz
How many of these 7 questions about the year's conservation success stories can you get right? Take our new quiz—and good luck! |
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Photos: African elephant © Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures; Amazon river dolphin crew © Nay Jinknss/WWF-Brasil; Forest © Hartmut Jungius/WWF; COP28 banner © Liz Georges; Whale fin © Meredith Kohut/WWF-US; WWF's Manuel Pulgar-Vidal at COP28 © Tiana Hunter Orange Photography/WWF-US; Travelers © JJ Huckin; Can you tell image © Anan Kaewkhammul/Shutterstock.com; African savanna elephant © Jeff Muller/WWF-US; Ecard © Stu Porter/Shutterstock.com; Bison at the Fort Peck Tribes Cultural Buffalo Herd Ranch Facility in Montana © Marcus Thomas Lee/WWF-US; Climate march © Balancín de Blancos/WWF Spain |
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