World Wildlife Day 2025
Stellenbosch
South Africa
Theme: Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet
Wildlife Conservation Finance
The UN official website states:
In 2025, World Wildlife Day will be celebrated under the critical theme of "Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet." The year 2025 will also coincide with the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of CITES.
Building on the collaborative spirit of previous World Wildlife Day celebrations, World Wildlife Day 2025 (WWD2025) events will serve as a platform for exchanging ideas, showcasing solutions and advancing the conversation on how innovative finance can contribute to halting biodiversity loss, raising the interest of private sector stakeholders to invest in wildlife conservation, and creating a sustainable future.
AWEI WWD outputs
AWEI contributed with op-eds, radio interviews, and social media engagement.
Business-driven approach to wildlife conservation Finance
- Written by Dr Wiseman Ndlovu
- Originally published in the Cape Times on 03 Mar 2025 (World Wildlife Day)
Legal wildlife trade can and does finance conservation by Francis Vorhies
- Written by Francis Vorhies
- Originally published in the Cape Argus on 04 Mar 2025
Channel Africa radio interview
- Today is World Wildlife Day under the theme - Wildlife conservation finance: Investing in people and planet. Thami Ngubeni spoke to Dr. Frank Vorhies, Director at the African Wildlife Economy institute.
- Originally broadcast on 03 Mar 2025
World Wildlife Day official poster is © Marc Petrelis
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