WWF's work in the Arctic

In the field, at the office and on the frontline

Since 1992, WWF's International Arctic Programme has been working with our partners across the Arctic to combat these threats and preserve the Arctic's rich biodiversity in a sustainable way.

WWF works in the Arctic through seven offices.

The Programme focuses on five of WWF’s six global priorities:

• marine
• freshwater
• species
• climate change and
• toxics

Conservation efforts are a combination of actions
In the Arctic conservation efforts are a combination of actions ranging from protected area management, promoting public awareness of important conservation issues, to national and regional advocacy work for the establishment of appropriate policies.

International advocacy
These are augmented by international advocacy and actions, such as campaigns, to highlight and demonstrate solutions to crucial environmental problems, through linking field and policy work.

In particular, we press governments to fully implement commitments to the Arctic, including those in the

• Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy,
• the Arctic Council’s Circumpolar Protected Areas Network,

And treaties and conventions on:

• Migratory Birds,
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs),
• Climate Change and
• Biodiversity.

Increasingly, WWF's International Arctic Programme tackles conservation threats by addressing the root causes of biodiversity loss. It also looks at new and innovative approaches that can bring about greater change and results.