Our story began as the world was waking up to the destruction of our planet and communities in Aotearoa were mobilising to save Lake Manapouri and stop the logging of our native forests.
People are, and have always been, at the centre of the World Wide Fund for Nature. What began as an idea grew to a mass movement that challenged the belief that individuals couldn’t fund conservation or couldn’t make a difference.
Over the last fifty years people like you have helped save whales and tigers and rainforests around the world.
Because of you, in Aotearoa we still have the hoiho, kākāpō, takahē, Chatham Island robin and other iconic species and habitats that would otherwise have disappeared.
The world has come together with ambitious plans - from the Paris Agreement to limit global warming, to the Global Biodiversity Framework to halt and reverse nature loss.
And Aotearoa New Zealand has set the bold goal of becoming Predator Free by 2050.
In Aotearoa New Zealand:
Over half of our species are found nowhere else on Earth. Once they are gone from here, we lose them forever.
Your gift to the WWF Nature Forever Impact Fund is an investment in lasting, positive change for Aotearoa and the planet. It is an investment in urgent, unified action to tackle the biggest drivers of climate change and nature loss.
It’s an investment in an Aotearoa:
Your gift will deliver improved environmental outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond through advocacy, conservation action and by inspiring all New Zealanders to take nature positive action.
Your gift to the WWF Nature Forever Impact Fund - whether made now, or through your Will - will be responsibly invested and grown to provide WWF-New Zealand with a secure, long-term income stream.
This sustainable funding model will allow us to act boldly and with certainty, and help us deliver the systemic change needed to create a world where people and nature thrive together.
Together we can safeguard our ocean, reduce threats to protected species, elevate nature and climate and amplify Indigenous-led conservation.
With your support, we can achieve ambitious goals like halting and reversing nature loss by 2030.
But the threats to our world won’t disappear overnight. The gains we make will need to be protected and the next generation will need the resources to meet the challenges we have created for them.
By investing in the WWF Nature Forever Fund, your gift will still be making a difference for people and for nature 50 years from now.