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Orinoco Basin Report Card
WWF, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and several local partners
collaborated to develop a report card for the Colombian portion of the Orinoco river basin. The report
card will help inform management and policy decisions that impact the Orinoco, building a better
future for all.

Environmental DNA
By taking samples of soil, water, snow, or even air, we can access the environmental DNA (or eDNA)
that animals naturally shed—like hair, skin, and feces—as they move through their
environment. eDNA can then be used to detect endangered species, study the impacts of climate
change, alert us to invisible threats such as pathogens, and assess the overall health of aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems.

Alumni Grants

Universal Standards for Seafood Traceability

The ocean provides a bounty of seafood, supporting hundreds of millions of jobs and feeding billions
of people. But roughly a quarter of the fish caught globally is done illegally in the shadows, fueling a
black market that exploits wildlife, people, and gaps in enforcement of laws. A lack of transparency
allows rogue vessels and criminal networks to operate undetected and profit off stolen fish, taking
money out of the pockets of people who follow the rules and contributing to declines in ocean health.
Ending this black-market trade of seafood is good for nature and people but will require an array of
proven tools working in tandem, chief among them is traceability.

African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform: A Response to Covid-

19
The Covid-19 crisis has harmed economies and industries all over the world, and nature-based
tourism has been one of the leading economic casualties. In response, with funding from the Global
Environment Facility, an African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform is being developed to
connect funders to the communities and small and medium nature-based tourism enterprises most in
need of funding support.

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