Actors / NGO ·
WWF
Appears in 19 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic credits and Philippines PCX | Critic of plastic-neutral claims | Philippines | 2020–2025 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| Salonga National Park ranger abuses (DR Congo) | Co-manager of Salonga National Park (since an August 2015 memorandum of understanding) | DR Congo | 2002–2020 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| WWF independent review (Pillay panel) and US funding suspension | Commissioned the independent review; grantee under US review | International | 2019–2020 | Protected area / relocation |
| Mekong sand mining (Cambodia, Vietnam) | NGO; sand budget and ten-year stock estimate for the delta | Cambodia and Vietnam | 2007–2026 | Mining |
| Nepal community forestry | Lead of the Hariyo Ban conservation programme in Nepal | Nepal | 2000–2026 | Protected area / relocation |
| Messok Dja ecoguard abuses (Republic of Congo) | Supported the ecoguards (ETIC/TRIDOM programme); appointed the review panel | Republic of Congo | 2008–2020 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Alter do Chão and Dia do Fogo fire allegations | Named in an allegation of financing fires; the allegation was found false | Brazil | 2019–2024 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| WWF Nepal Chitwan ranger death (Shikharam Chaudhary) | Conservation NGO; funder and supporter of ranger units | Nepal | 2006–2020 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Plastic Bank and rePurpose collector schemes | NGO; published position on plastic crediting | Global | 2017–2025 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) | Former employer of AGRA's president | Africa (13 focus countries) | 2006 | Agriculture, livestock and food |
| WWF-supported ecoguards in Cameroon and CAR (Lobéké, Dzanga-Sangha) | Trained and paid ecoguards in Lobéké; commissioned the independent panel | Cameroon | 2008–2020 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Kaziranga shoot-on-sight killings (India) | Five WWF India employees listed as an expert panel on the 2014 strategy proposal (BuzzFeed News) | India | 2013–2017 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| Bhutan constitutional forest rule and Bhutan for Life | Partner in Bhutan for Life | Bhutan | 2008 | Protected area / relocation |
| Russia declares WWF and Greenpeace 'undesirable' organisations | Designated undesirable on 21 June 2023 | Russia | 2023 | Law, regulation and treaties |
| WWF-funded ranger units accused of torture and killings in Asia and Africa | Funded and equipped the ranger units; commissioned the Pillay panel | Multiple countries | 2006–2023 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| TNC chief scientist urged conservation groups to partner with companies | Coca-Cola partner from 2007 (reported) | United States | 2011–2015 | Tanker / shipping |
| Pillay panel finds no proof WWF directed ranger abuses it supported | NGO; funder and partner of the ranger units | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2006–2020 | Killings and repression of defenders |
| WWF president Prince Bernhard resigned in 1976 after a Lockheed commission surfaced | charity whose president resigned | Netherlands | 1970–1976 | Law, regulation and treaties |
| Nature Conservancy began $10 million partnership with Dow Chemical in 2011 | conservation group; relationship with Coca-Cola | United States | 2007–2021 | Tanker / shipping |
Appears alongside
ICCN (DR Congo park agency) ×3UN Development Programme ×3Survival International ×3KfW ×2Wildlife Conservation Society ×2USAID ×2World Bank ×2Government of Nepal ×2WWF Nepal ×2Green Climate Fund ×2The Nature Conservancy ×2Dow Chemical ×2The Coca-Cola Company ×2VerraPlastic Credit Exchange (PCX)NestléCentury PacificHolcim (Geocycle)EYRoyal CaribbeanBentley MotorsVinventionsBreak Free From PlasticRainforest Foundation UKFwsVirunga FoundationGlobal WitnessMother Nature CambodiaCambodian Ministry of MinesEarth Observatory of Singapore, NTUShukaku Inc.UN-REDD ProgrammeICIMODGlobal Environment FacilityEuropean UnionOCDHFederal Police (Brazil)Chitwan National ParkBuzzFeed NewsPlastic BankrePurpose GlobalHenkelSC JohnsonAGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa)Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationRockefeller FoundationMathematicaTufts Global Development and Environment InstituteCGIARMaisha ConsultingKaziranga National Park managementIndia's environment ministryNational Tiger Conservation AuthorityBBCGovernment of BhutanGreenpeaceProsecutor General of RussiaUCLA Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityUnited States GovernmentPrince Bernhard of the NetherlandsLockheed1001: A Nature Trust