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18/6/2019 Our values, new Global Goals and safeguards

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Dear Colleagues,

The second day of the Annual Conference started with an open and engagingconversation around our values and what WWF stands for as anorganization. This was recognized as a critical and timely discussion, especiallyon the back of the recent media allegations.

Eliane Ubalijoro, WWF International Board Member, opened the session bysharing two heartfelt and personal stories, one about her mother and the otherabout the 1994 genocide in her home country, Rwanda. The two storiesdemonstrated the power of values in driving individuals and mobilizing peopletowards a goal – whether noble or vicious – that they would not be able toachieve as individuals. Her stories also highlighted how strong, ethical valuesare able to transcend through space, time and generations.

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Shivani Wadhwa, WWF International Director of People & Culture, then broughtup our WWF Compact and opened the discussion on how this document, whichoutlines our set of values, has been embodied in the way we work, how it'sbeing used, and how it can or should evolve. In her introduction, she alsohighlighted how there are currently different value sets across the network andthat this does not necessarily speak to us being OneWWF.

Other leaders highlighted that it is important for us to not only reflect on ourvalues internally but to also find out and be mindful of how the external worldsees us as perceptions matter. Winnie Ouko, WWF International BoardMember and Ahmer Bilal Soofi, WWF-Pakistan President, challenged the room




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to also consider whether our values are explicit enough in terms of how weprotect and stand for staff and partners “that work hard for us under tryingconditions even when we are not watching”.

Shivani Wadhwa, WWF International Director for People & Culture, explains howeach one of us at WWF can contribute to the New Deal from a values perspective.

The next session was on our new Global Goals and it was facilitated by KavitaPrakash-Mani, WWF International Global Conservation Director. Kavita openedthe session by highlighting the importance of defining fewer and moreambitious goals in order to have more impact in conserving and restoringnature. There was great interest and discussion in the room about the proposednew goals with some of the network leaders seeing them for the first time.

Kavita Prakash-Mani, Global Conservation Director, explains our three Global Goalsand how we can deliver them through our initiatives.


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By 2030, we aim to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and theplanet by ensuring that 50 per cent of land and sea is conserved, restored,sustainably managed and climate resilient (spatial goal); prevent the sixth massextinction (wildlife goal); and halve GHG emissions and consumption andproduction related footprint (GHG and footprint goal). By achieving these goals,we will ensure that we have a sustainable and healthy planet and that we areliving within planetary boundaries by 2050.

Kavita invited Maurício Voivodic, WWF-Brazil CEO; Nanie Ratsifandri-hamanana, WWF-Madagascar CEO; and Tanya Steele, WWF-UK CEO, toshare with the rest of the network leaders how they think these new goals canbe translated and implemented at a local level. While there was broad supportfor the new goals, it was recommended that we need to have indicators andbaselines available as soon as possible. Also, there was agreement that thespatial goal needs to be broken down further so that there is clarity aroundeach country and region’s contribution.

The session on Inclusive Area Based Conservation started before andcontinued after lunch and it generated a lot of thought-provoking discussionsand incredible insights from both donor and implementing offices.

Clotilde Ngomba, WWF-Cameroon Director, shared why Inclusive Area BasedConservation is critical in managing key areas in her country. She also sharedsome of the challenges of doing this work and implored network leaders tocome up with practical solutions that will respond to the realities on the ground.

Kirsten Schuijt, WWF-Netherlands CEO, touched on the role and responsibilityof funding offices in strengthening the capacity of implementing offices andensuring that donors understand the realities of Inclusive Area BasedConservation.




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Kirsten Schuijt, WWF-Netherlands CEO, talks about the importance of educating ourdonors about the realities of working on the ground in protected areas.

Nik Sekhran, WWF-US Chief Conservation Officer, and Dominic O'Neill, WWFInternational Chief Operating Officer, led the discussion around the importanceof Environmental and Social Safeguards to our work in landscapes andseascapes and how they can enable us to deliver more sustainableconservation impact for nature and people with better project design. Further tothis, Nik detailed the work being done to create a best in class framework ofEnvironmental and Social Safeguards for WWF projects.

The last session of the day was a reflection on the communications strategythat guided management’s response to the recent media allegations. SudsSarronwala, WWF International Executive Director, Communications &Marketing, was joined by our media consultant, Christophe Lamps (via Zoom)who took us through the strategy for the next few months.

The presentation was followed by significant discussion and input by networkleaders who were largely in agreement with the suggested way forward. Marcoclosed the session with a clear statement that linked our work on thesafeguards with the communications strategy. “We need to be determined andabsolutely firm in condemning and prosecuting human rights violations, whetherin the workplace or in the field,” he concluded.


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There were also a few side meetings during the day including one by WWF-China which saw about 40 network leaders join in to learn about some of thekey ingredients to the office’s successful transition into a national office.

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AC19 Communications TeamPaolo, Sindiswa, Victor, Rachel and Irene

More videos from 15 June

Mauricio Voivodic, WWF-Brazil CEO, expounds on our global Spatial Goal and how it


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plays a major part in bending the curve on nature loss.

Megan Leslie, WWF-Canada CEO, says that our Global Goals reflect what her officeaims to achieve.

Tanya Steele, WWF-UK CEO, says that we may have new and ambitious goals, butwe have the track record to deliver them.


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From a Climate & Energy Practice perspective, Vanessa Perez-Cirera, welcomes the50% Global Goal to reduce Green House Gas emissions and the inclusion of climate

resilience in our Spatial Goal.

Maggie Kinnaird, Wildlife Practice Leader, explains the different phases of ourinitiatives and how they align with our three Global Goals.


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