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Media Releases

People stand in river taking water samples

Federal 2023 budget important step for fresh water: WWF-Canada

March 28, 2023

WWF-Canada welcomes Independent Canada Water Agency and $650M for monitoring, assessment and restoration in key freshwater ecosystems

Earth Hour

Earth Hour 2023 to inspire Canadians to give an hour for Earth

March 24, 2023

On Saturday, March 25 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour, one of the largest global movements for the planet, will once again bring together millions of people around the world to show their commitment to action on biodiversity loss and climate change.

Shaun Stephens-Whale is the first to the top of the CN Tower's stairwell, climbing in under 10 minutes.

CN Tower Climb

Record-setting tower climber to defend his title at WWF’s CN Tower Climb for Nature

March 7, 2023

Shaun Stephens-Whale is the fastest climber in the fundraising event’s three-decade history, tackling the 1,776 steps in under 10 minutes.

The flukes of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching at sunset in the waters south west of Gil Island in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada

WWF-Canada announces new chair of the board, Meena Ballantyne

February 17, 2023

WWF-Canada is pleased to announce that Meena Ballantyne has been named the new chair of its Board of Directors. Ms. Ballantyne is the retired Deputy Minister of Status of Women Canada and spent more than 30 years in senior executive positions at Health Canada, the Privy Council Office and...

New Canadian minimum standards for marine protected areas are an important step in reversing wildlife loss

February 9, 2023

The new Marine Protected Areas Protection Standard provides much-needed clarity and consistency on what activities are and aren’t allowed within MPAs. This means oil and gas activities, bottom trawling and mining is prohibited in all MPAs designated since the Government of Canada made a commitment to establish minimum protection...

Oceans

WWF-Canada celebrates action plan for future Great Bear Sea MPA Network, calls for swift implementation

February 5, 2023

This blueprint will guide the implementation of the world’s largest Indigenous-led, collaboratively developed marine protected area network.

Go Wild

WWF-Canada to fund 45 new student projects to restore and protect Canadian habitats

February 3, 2023

WWF-Canada is awarding 45 Go Wild Grants to projects from primary, secondary and post-secondary schools across the country.

Oceans

MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s plan to protect 30 per cent of its oceans by 2030 set sail at IMPAC5 in Vancouver

February 1, 2023

WWF-Canada will be taking part in The Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver from Feb. 3-9, 2023.

Canadians overwhelmingly want urgent action to reverse biodiversity loss

January 18, 2023

New WWF-Canada survey finds that support for urgent action for nature grows 10 percentage points year-over-year, with more than three quarters of Canadians saying biodiversity loss is a crisis that must be addressed this decade

A room full of people look at a large screen with the image of a man reading an announcement.

Action must follow commitment as global deal to reverse nature loss by 2030 reached at COP15

December 19, 2022

WWF-Canada welcomes the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.

WWF-Canada announces new fund for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

December 14, 2022

Funding will support Indigenous communities in the considering, establishment and stewardship of IPCAs Montreal, December 14, 2022 – Megan Leslie, WWF-Canada president and CEO, announced a new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) Support Fund today. It will fund grants and contracts between $50,000 to $150,000 per year for...

Emily Giles and comedian Jean Paul lean back on the EdgeWalk.

CN Tower Climb

WWF’s CN Tower Climb for Nature is back after a three-year hiatus

December 13, 2022

To raise awareness for species on the edge of extinction, WWF-Canada’s Emily Giles announced the CN Tower Climb for Nature’s return from atop the EdgeWalk.

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