Did you know that with greater digital connectivity, purchasing illegal wildlife online can be no different from ordering a Laksa for lunch ? Did you know that because of its convenient location and well-developed infrastructure, our little island has now become a major trading hub for illegal wildlife trade and products? This is where you can come in as a Cyber Spotter! The WWF Cyber Spotter Programme 2.0 is a citizen science initiative that empowers individuals to play their part in supporting the Coalition to End Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Online by helping to detect and report illegal online listings. The duration for each Cyber Spotter Programme round is 4 weeks, where volunteers will be trained to identify and report illegal wildlife trade online. There will be various engagemen

We all love seafood and it is a part of our daily food intake. However, did you know that 75% of our seafood in Singapore is unsustainable? This means a day could come when we will no longer have sufficient seafood for consumption! [Surprised]  But what is sustainable seafood? [Thinking]  Sustainable fishing means leaving enough fish in the ocean, protecting its habitats, and ensuring the communities who depend on fishing can maintain their livelihoods. This allows fish stocks in the sea enough time to populate and not overfish them for consumption. [Strong]  What can we do?  While many might answer, “Stop Eating Fish”, it isn't as straightforward as that. Many rely on fish as a source of protein, and it is the most resource-efficient protein, with t

Photo by micheile.com unsplash.com WWF-Singapore’s Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI Academy) is a suite of accessible, practical, and technology-enabled sustainable finance e-learning courses based on the latest sustainability science and designed specifically for Asia-based finance professionals. The online Academy’s suite of courses has been developed in collaboration with Singapore’s leading finance sector industry associations and has been accredited by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) under the Skills Framework for Financial Services. Photo by @charlesdeluvio/https://unsplash.com Since its inception last year, ASFI Acad

Fifty years ago, banteng, a globally endangered wild cattle and preferred prey for tigers, would have been found grazing throughout Thailand’s Mae Wong National Park. Banteng in Mae Wong National Park, Thailand However, by the 1970s logging and poachers arrived in Mae Wong National Park and banteng numbers here began decreasing, eventually disappearing from the protected area altogether within the decade. The loss of banteng in Mae Wong National Park was devastating and had knock on effects for other wildlife in the area such as tigers who rely on them as a source of food. For decades it was hoped that Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, which connects to the south and holds the largest remaining banteng population in Thailand, would one day begin to repopulate Mae Wong National Park. 

Did you know that saving 1/3 of our food that goes uneaten can save 11,113TWh of energy? That’s enough energy to power over 1 BILLION homes for A YEAR 🤯 Food for thought as energy bills increase!When food is wasted, so are the natural resources that went into producing it - so saving more than 1/3 of food that goes uneaten helps nature as well as your bank balance.In addition, producing food releases methane into the atmosphere, but there are many more avoidable methane emissions from food systems - like those from rotting food. Methane is 28 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide and is responsible for 30 - 50% of the warming we experience today.One of the simplest ways to tackle climate change is to stop wasting food.Join our efforts on #FLWday to accelerate and intensify action to l

Did you know elephant calves rely entirely on their mothers as they learn to survive in the wild?Tragically, poaching for the illegal elephant ivory trade leaves many young elephants orphaned and facing an uncertain future. A staggering number of elephants are killed each year for their tusks. Poaching threatens the survival of so many species, including tigers and black rhinos. A record haul of 8.8 tonnes of raw elephant ivory worth about $17.6 million was seized in 2019, with the authorities estimating that the tusks had come from almost 300 African savannah elephants(Loxodonta africana), which are endangered animals*. In 2020, Singapore crushed nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory, the largest effort globally in recent years, further emphasising the island's fight against the i

India, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve_©Shutterstock _ PhotocechCZ _ WWF-InternationalToday marks a very special #GlobalTigerDay in the #YearoftheTiger! The TX2 goal is a global commitment to double the world's wild tigers by 2022. From a population of perhaps 100,000 a century ago, wild tiger numbers hit an all-time low of as few as 3,200 in 2010. That same year, all 13 tiger range governments came together for the first time at the St Petersburg Summit where they committed to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Chinese Year of the Tiger. WWF played a critical role in creating a shared vision for tiger conservation by committing to the same goal.Here we are, 12 years later and it’s exciting to