WFA joins Global Pact Coalition for 2022 Declaration
Joining ambition with expertise On this World Environment Day, WFA is pleased to be coordinating efforts to advance animal protection at the UN Environment Assembly. As part of this, WFA is glad to announce its partnership with the Global Pact coalition towards the...
Vacancy: Policy Officer
Based in Europe/Africa. The World Federation for Animals was launched in February 2021 by 19 founding organisations and aims to become the focal point for the animal protection movement’ international policy advocacy. The vision of the World Federation for Animals is...
EU and Australia call for animals to be included in UN Ministerial Declaration, on behalf of CANZ
The World Federation for Animals, together with Compassion in World Farming and Born Free, has been urging UN delegations to include animals in the Ministerial Declaration of the UN High Level Political Forum. Earlier this week, the organisations sent a letter on...
ANAW and WFA lead global initiative for adoption of UN Animal Welfare Resolution
By Catherine Chumo, Senior Information Officer - Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) The urgent need to place animal welfare at the center of international policy comes following years of working together to protect and conserve animals and facing immense...
Animals Become a Diplomatic Issue at the United Nations
Animals are often overlooked in discussions at the UN level, but with the origins of COVID-19 bringing the linkage between human, animal and environmental health to the forefront, animals have suddenly become a diplomatic issue at the UN.Many bodies develop inputs...
How animals are harmed by armed conflicts and military activities
Wild and domesticated animals have long-suffered abuse, injury or death in armed conflicts. In this blog, Janice Cox and Jackson Zee explore this history of harm and the reasons behind it, arguing that the animal victims of war require greater recognition and...
A New Future for Food
Why the UN Food Systems Summit is Crucial for Animals, People and the PlanetAs a lifelong naturalist who lives on a farm, I am acutely aware of how food, nature and the countryside are interlinked. The other day, I managed to capture on film my first face-on barn owl...
UNEA 5.1. – First Virtual UN Environment Assembly
Background This previous blog explained the work of the World Federation for Animals (WFA) and our members in the run-up to UNEA 5.1. When UNEA 5.1. finally arrived, it was rather an anti-climax for WFA, and for civil society more generally. This first virtual UNEA...
Preparing the ground for UNEA 5.1.
BackgroundThis previous World Federation for Animals (WFA) blog on “The top reasons to promote advocacy for animals at UNEA 5.1” explained the importance of UNEA, as the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, and the fact that due to COVID-19...
Eurogroup for Animals podcast episode: Launch of the World Federation for Animals
Originally published 11 February 2021 by Eurogroup for Animals, News - Reprinted with permission The World Federation for Animals was launched on 8 February 2021 and, to celebrate, this week the Eurogroup for Animals will discuss the exciting new initiative on our...