Global Marine Programme: Initiatives
To accelerate work on particular issues, WWF has developed a number of strategic initiatives.
These regional and global endeavours involve several partners, and make particular use of international conferences, conventions, and targeted communications strategies to drive conservation work.Our initiatives
Antarctica & the Southern Ocean: Protecting the world’s last remaining continental wilderness from potential ecological collapse.Antarctica & the Southern Ocean factsheet (pdf)
Bycatch: Identifying and promoting technologies to substantially reduce the incidental capture (bycatch) of non-target species in fishing gear.
Bycatch factsheet (pdf)
EU Common Fisheries Policy: Working for full implementation of the European Union’s newly reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
European Fisheries factsheet (pdf)
High Seas: Developing and promoting management and conservation regimes for the High Seas.
High Seas factsheet (pdf)
People & Nature: Encouraging governments to develop effective policies and programmes that integrate addressing key threats to marine and coastal biodiversity into their agendas for sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
