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WWF scandal (part 11): Dutch documentary exposes the shoot on sight policy in Kaziranga National Park, India

Posted on 5 June 201918 October 2019

Kaziranga National Park in the north east of India has a shoot on sight policy, used against poachers and villagers found inside the park. Violent evictions of communities who lived in the national park have taken place, and park rangers are accused of serious human rights violations. Kaziranga was the subject of a recent documentary…

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WWF scandal (part 10): BuzzFeed News investigation reveals WWF’s secret war

Posted on 4 March 20194 March 2019

A year long investigation in six countries by BuzzFeed News finds that the World Wide Fund for Nature funds eco-guards who have tortured and killed people. Buzzfeed News’ report, written by Tom Warren and Katie J.M. Baker, is available here.

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WWF scandal (part 9): WWF invested US$2 million in an oil and gas fund

Posted on 7 June 20184 March 2019

Five years ago, in an article headlined, “Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free”, Naomi Klein exposed the big US-based NGOs that were investing in the fossil fuel industry. WWF was one of the NGOs that Klein found was investing in fossil fuels.

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WWF scandal (part 8): WWF and the loggers in the Congo Basin

Posted on 3 May 20174 March 2019

“For WWF, partnering with Indigenous Peoples is an essential part of our conservation work.” This sentence comes from WWF’s latest newsletter from its international forest and climate team. The article is written by Jolly Sassa Kiuka and Flory Botamba who work for WWF in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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WWF scandal (part 7): WWF teams up with loggers rather than indigenous peoples in Cameroon

Posted on 7 June 20164 March 2019

In April 2015, WWF and Rougier, a French logging company, announced that they would work together on a three year programme to “jointly advance responsible forest management and trade”. The deal is part of WWF’s Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) that aims to promote trade in legal and sustainable timber.

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