There is a saying in Madagascar that states, “Childhood is the ground on which we walk our entire lives”. It is a perspective that has motivated people from the village of Manombo to take action to remedy a problem that is threatening their futures. Manombo is a village of just over a hundred people located […]

Would you rather have a mobile phone, a television or a toilet? Before you choose, think about this: only one of these three is likely to save your life. By Gaëtan Tovondrainy, WWF Projects Officer, Mahafaly Landscape Globally each day an estimated 989 children die from diarrhea largely caused by a lack of access to […]

A statement from WWF’s Head of Delegation: Tasneem Essop We’re only a day away from the deadline set by the French COP President for the delivery of the final agreement text. Ministers now have to knuckle down and work to ensure that we have a strong outcome in Paris. We are at a crossroads – we […]

WWF issued the following statement from WWF’s head of delegation, Tasneem Essop, in reaction to the issuance of this morning’s draft compilation negotiating text: “Clearly, finding all the solutions to protect the world from the ravages of climate change is going to take hard negotiations and multiple drafts. We’re still early in the process, but […]

Here are some images from Day 2 of the COP 21 conference in Paris.

Madagascar and the West Indian Ocean islands took part in the worldwide March for climate! The march was organized by a coalition of numerous associations and with the ‪#‎COY11‬ – RCOI, and mobilized youth from the Comoros, Seychelles, La Réunion, Mauritius and Madagascar on November 29, 2015. The march’s roadmap  : Stade Mahamasina – Hotel de Ville, […]

For months a single question has dominated conversation among the young football players of the Kivalo district in Madagascar. “When will the football equipment arrive?” Kivalo is at the heart of the Manambolo-Tsiribihina region, one of WWF’s priority areas in Western Madagascar. Recently, a group of representatives from WWF Sweden and the Swedish Postcode Lottery […]

The document that lists Madagascar’s commitments to address climate Change, and for COP21 was finalized last September. The document listing these commitments is now available online and was made by the Climate Change Coordination National Office  (BNCCC) within the Ministry of Environment, Ecology, Sea and Forests. As a part of the Thematic Group on Climate […]

What is COP21? It’s the 21st Conference of parties (COP) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This conference will be held in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, and will bring together global political leaders from 190 countries, including Madagascar. The COP21 is an international conference on climate change […]