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Two women climbing the BC Place stadium stands being cheered on by a WWF-Canada staffer for the Climb for Nature

Climb for Nature x BC Place

A win for wildlife as WWF’s Climb for Nature scores BC Place’s first stadium climb

May 27, 2024

British Columbians of all ages participated in the inaugural climb on Sunday to protect BC's biodiversity.

Four young native plants of different species in four-inch posts posed on a log

re:grow

Easy-to-grow native plants that attract the eye — and pollinators — are arriving in stores now

May 15, 2024

This spring, gardeners who want to give nature a helping hand can source these plants from 133 selected garden centres across Ontario and Quebec.

Tyler Kruschenske taps his wrist and at the top of the CN Tower stairwell.

CN Tower Climb

WWF-Canada has a record-breaking CN Tower Climb for Nature, raising more than $1.5 million for wildlife conservation

April 21, 2024

The 32nd annual WWF Climb for Nature saw nearly 6,000 people ascend the CN Tower’s 1,776 steps for wildlife this weekend.

Hassan at the 2023 CN Tower Climb for Nature

Meet the climbers scaling Toronto’s CN Tower and Vancouver’s BC Place to raise $1 million in WWF’s Climb for Nature

April 12, 2024

Maple Leaf legend Mikhail Grabovski, tower racer Shawn Stephens-Whale and thousands more will step up for wildlife on April 20-21 - and for the first time, climbers in BC and across Canada can join in the fun.

Three smiling young adults sit inside a circle of lights arranged on the ground outside at an evening gathering.

Earth Hour

Earth Hour calls for a moment of unity for a planet in crisis

March 20, 2024

Saturday, March 23, 8:30 p.m. local time, millions will make a stand against climate change and biodiversity loss.

The flukes of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching near Gill Island in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada © Andrew S. Wright / WWF-Canada

Shipping speed and waste are an ‘urgent’ threat in Great Bear Sea, WWF-Canada study finds

February 29, 2024

New analysis shows that traffic in this rapidly developing coastal region poses immediate and cumulative risks to at-risk marine species GREAT BEAR SEA, B.C. —A new report by WWF-Canada uses data on ship speed and waste generated in B.C.’s Northern Shelf Bioregion, also known as the Great Bear Sea, to...

Close up of a child's hands planting a young native strawberry plant.

Go Wild

Fifty-nine schools will break ground on projects to help nature, seeded by WWF-Canada’s Go Wild Grants

February 26, 2024

WWF-Canada is pleased to award 59 Go Wild Grants to projects at primary, secondary and post-secondary schools across the country. Valued at $1,500 – $2,000, the grants will support student activities that help to protect or restore nature in schoolyards, campuses and communities.

A blue and black bird sits on a branch with coloured steps in the background. The text says "WWF Climb for Nature x BC Place. May 26."

CN Tower Climb

WWF-Canada’s Climb for Nature is coming to Vancouver – at the iconic B.C Place

February 20, 2024

Registration opens today for World Wildlife Fund Canada’s Climb for Nature x BC Place.

WWF-Canada and Aviva Canada launch free resource for Canadian businesses to take urgent action to protect biodiversity

February 6, 2024

WWF-Canada and Aviva Canada's new Business and Biodiversity Action Plan outlines practical steps companies can take to assess, minimize, and transform their impacts on nature.

Southern humpback whale looking up in dark blue water.

Oceans Beluga Whales Bowhead Whales Narwhals North Atlantic Right Whales

WWF-Canada raising alarm over dangerous delays on Canada’s Ocean Noise Strategy

January 29, 2024

As Parliament sits for the first time in 2024, WWF-Canada is Canada to not let another year go by without delivering a strong plan to protect whales, walrus and other sea life from underwater noise pollution.

A penguin waddles with the outline of the CN Tower in the background and April 20 & 21 written in the foreground. Large text says "Climb on!"

Registration for the 2024 WWF Climb for Nature is now open — and early fundraisers could win a Costa Rican adventure

December 15, 2023

The WWF Climb for Nature is returning to the CN Tower on April 20 and 21, 2024. Registration for the annual fundraising event, which aims to raise over $1 million for wildlife conservation, is now open.

Trees in the Great Bear Rain forest, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.

Land

Leading ENGOs call on Canada to address forest degradation

December 14, 2023

At present, Canada does not track domestic forest degradation, of which industrial logging practices are a leading cause.

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A win for wildlife as WWF’s Climb for Nature scores BC Place’s first stadium climb

Easy-to-grow native plants that attract the eye — and pollinators — are arriving in stores now

WWF-Canada has a record-breaking CN Tower Climb for Nature, raising more than $1.5 million for wildlife conservation

Meet the climbers scaling Toronto’s CN Tower and Vancouver’s BC Place to raise $1 million in WWF’s Climb for Nature

Earth Hour calls for a moment of unity for a planet in crisis

Shipping speed and waste are an ‘urgent’ threat in Great Bear Sea, WWF-Canada study finds

Fifty-nine schools will break ground on projects to help nature, seeded by WWF-Canada’s Go Wild Grants

WWF-Canada’s Climb for Nature is coming to Vancouver – at the iconic B.C Place

WWF-Canada and Aviva Canada launch free resource for Canadian businesses to take urgent action to protect biodiversity

WWF-Canada raising alarm over dangerous delays on Canada’s Ocean Noise Strategy

Registration for the 2024 WWF Climb for Nature is now open — and early fundraisers could win a Costa Rican adventure

Leading ENGOs call on Canada to address forest degradation

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