“By doubling the protected areas for pandas in Qinling mountain range, the Chinese government will greatly help the survival of this species,” said Monte Hummel, President, World Wildlife Fund Canada. Qinling is home to... Read More

“We’re really grateful first and foremost to the climbers for showing up, to our sponsors, Canada Life (TM) and the CN Tower and, to all the media people who helped spread the word about... Read More

“The Nature Audit reveals that many Canadian species and habitats are declining,” says WWF-Canada President Monte Hummel. “To use a financial analogy, we’re not protecting our savings, we’re not spending wisely enough, and we’re... Read More

The startling new figures come from the first ever global estimate of cetacean deaths from fishing gear by Dr. Andrew Read and Dr. Simon Northridge, members of the IWC’s Scientific Committee. Bycatch is the... Read More

Dams are amongst the most destructive developments affecting freshwater ecosystems, threatening wildlife and people. Large dams also have displaced between 40 to 80 million people globally. There are already 45,000 large dams (more than... Read More

North Atlantic right whales are one of the world’s most endangered great whales. Only about 350 individuals remain and up to two-thirds of the population gathers in the Bay of Fundy each summer. A... Read More

Dodging icebergs and bucking 10-metre seas, a flotilla of Australian-led vessels chased and caught the Viarsa I, a Uruguayan vessel, in a 21-day chase across the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The ship, its... Read More

…as well as the province’s transfer of 1 million hectares of the lakebed, unprotected islands and shoreline of western Lake Superior to the federal government. The Lake Superior transfer is a necessary step for... Read More

In particular, WWF congratulates the Inuit community of Naujaat (Repulse Bay), the Kivalliq Inuit Association, and Parks Canada for their hard work to reach this agreement. “Protecting this spectacular area, covering more than 2... Read More

In 2000, Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, partnered with WWF, the conservation organization, to protect and restore vital forest habitat throughout the world. Their ‘Conservation Partner’ Programme has initiated forest restoration projects... Read More

1) Global census finds loss of large marine life (Reuters, 10/23/03) Early results of a census of the world’s oceans estimate there are over 210,000 known ocean species and that the real number could... Read More

At the same time, the Spanish government argues that the affected area is recovering well. The poor response to one of the worst globally televised disasters ever could be bad news for efforts to... Read More