A WWF study, ‘Arctic Climate Change with a 2 degree C Global Warming’ by Dr. Mark New of Oxford University, suggests that the earth may have warmed by 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels as... Read More

 The funds support the efforts of scientists and conservation advocates working to recover Canadian species at risk. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) currently lists 529 species as being... Read More

WWF has recognized the efforts of China’s Sichuan and Gansu Provinces to preserve giant panda habitat in the Minshan Mountains as a “Gift to the Earth”, the global conservation organization’s highest accolade for significant... Read More

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) currently lists 456 species as being nationally “at risk”. The 2004 ESRF was funded generously by individuals, foundations and the corporate sector. Our... Read More

The DND / WWF-Canada partnership demonstrates both parties’ ongoing commitment to natural resource stewardship. The WWF-Canada grant is supporting University of Manitoba researchers to conduct fieldwork, research and studies that provide a scientific knowledge... Read More

This danger level is recognized by the EU and other key players as a rise of the average global temperature of 2°C above pre-industrial levels. According to WWF, to keep global warming beneath that... Read More

The 11th Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Montreal, November 7 – 17, 2005, with 189 governments expected to attend. This session... Read More

The report – The tip of the iceberg: Chemical contamination in the Arctic – shows that air, river and ocean currents, drifting sea ice and migrating wildlife species carry industrial and agricultural chemicals from... Read More

A new WWF report An Overview of Glaciers, Glacier Retreat and Subsequent Impacts in Nepal, India and China reveals the rate of retreat of Himalayan glaciers accelerating as global warming increases. The report states... Read More

“Environment Minister Stéphane Dion has shown leadership in finally getting a plan that adds up to Canada’s Kyoto obligations, but this government has to switch gears and get into implementation mode as soon as... Read More

The 15th annual Canada Life CN Tower Climb for WWF-Canada has people flocking from Toronto and from as far away as India to participate in this special event. Early birds will fly up the... Read More

The study investigated the health of Arctic wildlife employing a variety of assessment techniques. These included contaminant analysis, a histological survey (the microscopic structure of animal tissues) and the documentation of observations by Inuit... Read More