World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Duke University today announced a $25 million gift from Jeff and Laurie Ubben.

Of the total, $20 million will support WWF’s wildlife conservation programs, and $5 million will support environmental research and education at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

The Ubbens’ gift will allow WWF to act on some of the most urgent global conservation issues, such as reducing the demand for illegal ivory in China, protecting wildlife and strengthening the ability of local communities to conserve the natural resources so critical to their livelihoods.

The gift also supports a partnership between WWF and Duke’s Nicholas School to identify novel solutions that support conservation and sustainable development, and make these new tools and approaches accessible to conservationists and environmental managers worldwide.

Read the full article about wildlife conservation from World Wildlife