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Tackling the big conservation questions with Dr Josh Tewksbury Dr Josh Tewksbury is Director of the WWF Luc Hoffmann Institute. The Luc Hoffmann Institute was created by WWF, one of the world’s largest and most experienced global conservation organizations, to respond to the most important questions facing conservation and sustainable development. How would you describe […]

Rebecca Williams – Talent Acquisition Manager at WWF International ch.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-williams/a/316/b86 Cover letters- To bother or not to bother ?…that is the question. This dilemma struck me recently at a meeting of senior HR professionals, all of whom categorically stated that they never read candidate cover letters, but rather go straight to the CV. Shortly following this […]

This article originally appeared on http://www.conservation-careers.com/interview-dr-colman-ocriodain-wildlife-trade-specialist-wwf/ Dr Colman O’Criodain is the wildlife trade specialist at WWF. He trained as a botanist and spent much of his university days look at fens in Ireland. After a bout with the Irish civil service and the European Commission, he now represents WWF at CITES (Convention on the International […]

Rebecca Williams – Talent Acquisition Manager at WWF International ch.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-williams/a/316/b86 When it comes to finding a new job, there are many factors to consider but one of the most difficult hurdles to tackle is writing your CV (or Résumé as they call it in the US). If you’ve not changed jobs for a few years, […]

This article originally appeared on http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au The CitySwitch Green Office program is making workspaces more environmentally friendly, including the WWF offices in Ultimo   GREEN office spaces are growing fast and they not only look good, but have a positive impact on workers. WWF in Ultimo has signed up to a City of Sydney led […]

A story inspired by the work of WWF-Sundarbans Programme and dedicated to the team and WWF-India (Names of people and animals have been changed and certain creative liberty has been undertaken to incorporate the collective experiences of different members of the team) *******************************************        Sudipto was awoken in the middle of the night by the […]

Meet Florence. She says she is around 70 years old, though she isn’t sure herself.  Only a few teeth can be seen through her beaming smile and she says that means she must be old.  I reckon she is much younger. Florence lives in the East African Rift Valley in the Highlands above Lake Naivasha, […]

Martina Lippuner – Media Officer, WWF-Switzerland (formerly Communications Manager at WWF-Madagascar) When I first had the chance to go to rural Madagascar on a volunteer assignment for WWF, a whole new world opened up to me. Experiencing the realities of local people who depend heavily on natural resources, holding a dialogue about the unique biodiversity […]

Anil Cherukupalli – Communications Manager, WWF- India https://www.linkedin.com/in/anilcherukupalli An eye witness account of a rhino translocation exercise carried out in Assam, India Prologue It is 5 am on a Tuesday morning and thick fog conceals the vast grasslands of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, located about 60 km east of Guwahati. I’m on the back of […]

Oscar Soria – former Director of Media at WWF International We all know that successful campaigning needs bold and hard-hitting communication. But lately, I see the same formula over and over, to the point that it gets boring, if not irritating! “Save [this]”, “Stop [that]”, “No to [something], Yes to [something]”. More and more, I see […]