Conservation

WWF works to conserve species at risk, protect threatened habitats and address global threats. We find long-term solutions that benefit both people and nature.

Species

Across Canada, habitat loss, pollution, foreign invaders, climate change, and unsustainable harvesting have pushed over 500 species dangerously close to extinction. Species of every description, from lichens to leatherback turtles, whooping cranes to wood bison are at risk.
Peregrine falcon. © John S. MITCHELL / WWF-Canon.
On the good news front, the peregrine falcon and the sea otter have made a comeback. Less positively, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed 18 new species as being at risk of extinction in Canada, including the black-footed albatross, basking shark and eastern flowering dogwood.

WWF-Canada’s Species Program aims to: tackle global trade in endangered species through our international TRAFFIC program; fund research into species at risk in Canada through our Endangered Species Recovery Fund; and reduce the effects of climate change on species, especially on northern species such as polar bears.
WWF-Canada helps Mexican wildlife trade inspectors protect crocodiles. “The officers are enthusiastic and keen to learn, and I know that my teaching will really assist them in doing their jobs, which will in turn assist efforts to ensure that international wildlife trade is sustainable and legal," says WWF’s identification expert Ernie Cooper. Learn More...

WWF Expert

Peter Ewins, Director, Species Conservation. © Janine van Winssen.
Peter Ewins
Senior Officer, Species

 

Polar Bears in Peril

A Western Hudson Bay population female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with her two three-month old cubs, just recently out of their den, in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada. © Peter EWINS / WWF-Canada.
 Due to climage change, Canada's Arctic is warming faster than any place on Earth. Find out how you can help.