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Our partnerships PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS We work with governments, international development agencies and finance institutions to put sustainability at the heart of development By working with public sector partners, we influence the programmes, policies and investments that will shape the future of the planet. Our work includes running joint programmes and events, developing sustainable development policies and strategies, and bringing together governments, civil society and the private sector to tackle shared challenges. We also build our partners' capacity in conservation and sustainability, through sharing information and knowledge, transferring skills and tools, and staff exchanges. Highlights of our work in 2013 included: * Working with the African Development Bank to combat illegal wildlife trade. At the bank's annual meeting in Marrakech, President Dr Donald Kaberuka warned that poaching and illicit trade of wildlife products is a major threat to security and development in Africa. The "Marrakech Declaration" proposed 10 critical actions governments can take to curb wildlife crime. * Collaborating with the Asian Development Bank on water. We played a key role in events including the second Asia Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai, where we launched a series of publications for improving water management in China, and the Asia Water Week, attended by 600 representatives from the worlds of development, academia, civil society, business and the media. * Helping our partners understand the value of natural capital. Careful stewardship of ecosystems and natural resources brings long-term economic, social and environmental benefits that far outweigh the short-term financial gains from unsustainable exploitation. We're promoting this approach in places including Borneo, the Greater Mekong and Mozambique. * Becoming a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project Agency. The GEF is one of the world's biggest sources of funding for conservation and sustainable development programmes. We'll now be able to take charge of implementing GEF programmes - becoming, along with Conservation International, one of only two NGOs to do so. * Working to support better forest management with EuropAid. We're running projects to make forest management more environmentally and socially responsible in the Caucasus, Central Africa and the Greater Mekong, as part of the European Commission's Forest Law Enforcement and Governance programme. Our public sector partners Japan - JICA Multilateral agencies Bilateral agencies Netherlands - DGIS African Development Bank Australia - AusAID New Zealand - NZAid Asian Development Bank Austria - ADA Norway - Norad European Commission - EuropeAid Canada - CIDA Sweden - Sida Global Environment Facility Denmark - Danida Switzerland - SDC, SECO Inter-American Development Bank Finland - MoFA United Kingdom - DFID, Defra UN Development Programme France - AFD, FFEM United States of America - USAID, USDA, DOS, USFWS, NOAA UN Environment Programme Germany - BMZ, BMU, KfW, GIZ The World Bank Group WWF-INT Annual Review 2013 page 31

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