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🌍 WWF-Belgium takes action to preserve biodiversity and strive for a planet where humans and nature live in harmony. Together Possible 🌱🐼
(FR 👇) Bedankt aan iedereen die al een zeeschildpad adopteerde, dankzij jullie kunnen we dit soort successen vieren 💙

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Merci aux personnes qui ont déjà adopté une tortue marine. Ce genre de victoires, on les doit à vous ! 💙
August 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Dankzij rangers kunnen mensen in harmonie leven met wilde dieren. 🤝 Lees het artikel.🔗https://shorturl.at/uBcAX

Le travail des écogardes permet aux humains de vivre en harmonie avec les animaux sauvages. 🤝 Lisez l'article 🔗https://shorturl.at/MnI6k
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🖤💛❤️ Fijne nationale feestdag - Joyeuse fête nationale! 🖤💛❤️

#BelgiumNationalDay #FêteNationaleBelge #NationaleFeestdag
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🐠📊 Today we publish our 'Africa's Forgotten Fishes Report': 28 new fish species were discovered in 2024! Sadly enough 1 in 4 African freshwater fish species is threatened 🚨 To save them, we propose an emergency recovery plan.
www.lalibre.be/planete/envi...
Les "étranges" capacités de ces animaux "oubliés" : "Ce sont des espèces excentriques au comportement unique"
Le WWF publie ce 10 juillet un rapport recensant les poissons d'eau douce africains, que l'organisation estime "oubliés". Une biodiversité pourtant extraordinaire qui permet aussi à des millions d'êtr...
www.lalibre.be
July 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🌊🐟 What's at stake during the United Nations Ocean Conference this week in Nice? @deborahvt.bsky.social, Communications Director of @wwf.be, spoke about it in the TV News at RTL and focused on the Belgian part of the North Sea 🦪💡 #UNOC www.rtl.be/actu/belgiqu...
Plus de 2.000 espèces habiteraient dans la mer du Nord : « La protéger, c’est protéger la vie »
Alors que la conférence internationale sur les océans se tient à Nice, Déborah Van Thournout, directrice de la communication de WWF Belgique, rappelle l’importance cruciale de la mer du Nord.
www.rtl.be
June 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our new study confirms: every € invested in nature generates 8 to 51 € for society 🌱

Together with @natagora.bsky.social and @natuurpunt.bsky.social we are launching a report today. The results in the 3 case studies prove that nature restoration is a smart investment.
May 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🌍💡This Saturday at 8.30 PM, join #EarthHour, the world’s largest mobilization for the Earth, created by #WWF!

🔎 Want to know more? "Quel Temps sur la Planète" on @rtbf.be featured our Communications Director @deborahvt.bsky.social explaining everything👇(FR)

🔗 www.rtbf.be/article/eart...
March 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
👏 Children from several schools in Flanders rolled up their sleeves and assisted @wwf.be in improving habitat for the otter! They collected 324 kg of garbage along rivers, made artworks with it and won a concert at their schoolyard. THANK YOU! 🦦🎶😍 www.hln.be/bornem/leerl...
Leerlingen zamelen 324 kilo(!) afval in om otters te helpen: “Dankzij ons komen er meer otters en zijn ze minder bedreigd”
De afgelopen maanden trokken leerlingen uit heel Vlaanderen de natuur in met een duidelijke missie: afval opruimen om de otter te helpen. In totaal verzamelden ze maar liefst 324 kilo zwerfvuil langs ...
www.hln.be
March 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
(FR 👇)🌍 Earth Hour komt eraan!

🫴Geef in maart jouw uur voor de natuur en laten we samen al deze inspanningen tijdens Earth Hour vieren 💚!

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🌍 Earth Hour arrive à grand pas !

🫴Donnez une heure à la nature en mars et célébrons ensemble tous ces efforts lors de Earth Hour 💚 !

👉 wwf.be/earthhour
March 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
✅ First update on #COP16 in Rome: the Cali Fund is officially launched, which is a historical moment for people and nature 👏👏 50% of the fund is dedicated to Indigenous Peoples and local communities to support actions for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework. #RestoreNature #COP16Resumed
February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🗯️ "It has to happen now, without an agreement we take steps backward" 👉 Today the important UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP16) resumes in Rome. Laurence Drèze and Reine Spiessens, biodiversity experts from @wwf.be, are interviewed about it by @vrtnws.be this morning. #RestoreNature #2030targets 🌱
VN-top over natuurbescherming hervat in Rome: wat staat er op het spel (behalve veel geld)?
www.vrt.be
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The new Belgian federal government wants to reduce the tax deductibility of donations from 45% to 30%, threatening the funding of numerous associations in many sectors.

🗞️"Nous espérons que le gouvernement se ressaisira et abandonnera ce projet", says our CEO Caroline Tsilikounas in @lesoir.be👇 (FR)
Moins d’incitations fiscales, moins de dons : l’Arizona met la société civile en émoi (infographies)
Le gouvernement fédéral veut réduire la déductibilité fiscale des dons de 45 % à 30 %, menaçant le financement de nombreuses associations dans de nombreux secteurs.
www.lesoir.be
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What does the new Federal Government Agreement means for the economy and the environment?
Our Policy & Business Director, Julie Vandenberghe, was interviewed in the evening news of RTL INFO (FR)👇
www.rtl.be/page-videos/...
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Our reaction to the Belgian Federal Government Agreement to read in @lalibre.be this morning (FR)👇

"Cet accord passe à côté de 14 milliards d’€, qui auraient pu être investis pour rendre notre économie plus durable".
"Pratiquement aucune ambition pour la nature et le climat": les critiques des associations sur le volet climat de l'Arizona
Les six pages consacrées au climat et à l'environnement dans l'accord du gouvernement fédéral peinent à convaincre les associations de préservation de la nature.
www.lalibre.be
February 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨 WWF-Belgium’s reaction to the Federal Government Agreement: clear lack of ambition for nature & climate 🌿

👉 This lack of ambition is especially disappointing as this will be the last federal government with the chance to make a real difference by 2030 for our citizens, nature, and the climate.
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If Arizona lowers the tax benefit for donors to 30%, it would:

👩‍👧‍👦Impact +1mio people that support NGOs each year
✊Impact budgets of NGOs and, with that, their operations
🦁Mean less protection and support for the beneficiaries of NGOs, be it people, animals or nature

www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
'Verlaagde fiscale aftrek voor giften? Impact van deze "kleinere" maatregel is enorm'
Volgens berichten in de pers, staat in het ontwerp van regeerakkoord van de Arizonacoalitie, tussen een reeks – zogenaamde “kleinere” – maatregelen, een
www.knack.be
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You signed our open letter - we delivered it to our political leaders

In this letter, we asked our government to take care of Belgian nature and biodiversity. We asked them for concrete actions with a sufficient budget.

Nature is our ally. Thanks to you, WWF can make sure this message is heard. 💚
January 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ecosystem services like ...
💧 clean water
🍃 fresh air
🏭 carbon storage
➕️ and more
provided by jaguar habitats in Latin America are worth up to USD 4 trillion a year. 🤯

NL: shorturl.at/QL6yd
FR: shorturl.at/e6gGo
January 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🙌 10 victories for nature in 2024!

🚀 We launched a new project in Pomio
🔍 We discovered 1000+ new species
🐺 We installed a record amount of wolf-deterrent fences
🦍 We celebrated 13 newborn gorillas
...read on via the links in the comments.

Excited for what 2025 will bring 🤩
#TogetherPossible
January 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today the Flemish government votes its budget: no funds are foreseen for nature restoration. 'We therefore expect MEPs to plead for a specific budget for nature during the discussions today', reacts Reine Spiessens, biodiversity policy officer at @wwfbelgium.bsky.social

wwf.be/nl/persberic...
Vandaag stemt Vlaamse regering haar budget: géén middelen voorzien voor natuurherstel
Brussel, 19 december 2024 – In augustus werd de Europese natuurherstelwet van kracht, die de lidstaten oplegt om hun gedegradeerde natuur te herstellen. In het Vlaams budget voor 2025 en het centenboe...
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December 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
🦎🐠 A new thrilling WWF report is released today: in 2023, scientists discovered 234 new species in the Mekong region, in Southeast Asia.

🔍 Do you want to know how they were discovered? Read our article here 👇

NL: wwf.be/nl/actualite...

FR: wwf.be/fr/actualite...
December 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM
742 nieuwe soorten ontdekt in het Congobekken 🐒 742 nouvelles espèces découvertes dans le Bassin du Congo.

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Ontdek het werk van WWF-België in deze dichte bossen 🦥 Découvrez le travail du WWF-Belgique dans ces forêts denses.

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NL: shorturl.at/lQQVG

FR: shorturl.at/FxsjS
December 3, 2024 at 10:22 AM