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Event Details The Kids’ Run for Nature is a 1k, 3k and 5k fun run that gives kids the chance to get active in nature and raise funds for the conservation of the wildlife they care deeply about. The Kids’ Run for Nature is coming to parks and greenspaces...

Katowice, POLAND, Dec. 5, 2018 – Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna signalled Canada will set more ambitious goals to tackle climate change.     Mary MacDonald, senior vice president and chief conservation officer for WWF-Canada, is at the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) climate-change meetings in...

IQALUIT, Dec. 4, 2018 – World Wildlife Fund Canada welcomes the announcement of an agreement in principal between the government of Canada and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association to explore options to protect the High Arctic Basin, or Tuvaijuittuq, which means “the ice never melts” in Inuktitut. This builds on...

TORONTO, DEC. 4, 2018 – The addition of 13 populations of Chinook salmon from Vancouver Island, Thompson and Fraser rivers to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife’s list of species assessed as at-risk in this region points to an ecosystem in crisis, WWF-Canada says.     Megan...

Ottawa, Nov. 26, 2018 – As climate change alters the Arctic Ocean, opening the newly accessible region to an estimated C$1.3 trillion in investments in coming decades, a new World Wildlife Fund report provides recommendations for developing resources and economies to ensure long-term economic and ecosystem health for both...

ST. JOHN’S, NL, Nov. 22, 2018 – The largest oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is a stark reminder of the need for tougher regulations and stronger oversight as the Canadian government strives to modernize the regulatory framework governing oil and gas activities in Canada’s frontier...

IQALUIT, Nov. 21, 2018 –  Recent surveys show the Bathurst and Bluenose East herds in Canada’s North declined by 50 per cent since the last survey conducted in 2015, affirming the need for urgent action to protect barren-ground caribou. This study highlights a disturbing trend across the Canadian Arctic...

About WWF WWF, the global conservation organization, is one of the World’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF has a global network active in over 100 countries with almost 5 million supporters.  WWF-Canada connects the power of a strong global network to on-the-ground conservation efforts across the...

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 – Global wildlife populations have declined by 60 per cent on average in just over 40 years, according to World Wildlife Fund’s new global Living Planet Report. The report, released today, presents a sobering picture of the harmful human impacts on wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers...

Canada has an opportunity to ensure the long-term survival of barren-ground caribou in 2019   OTTAWA, Oct. 30, 2018 – Canada is home to one of the world’s great wildlife spectacles – the migration of hundreds of thousands of caribou across thousands of kilometres of barren lands. Unless actions are taken now, Canada will fail...

TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2018 – On Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. ET, WWF will release The Living Planet Report 2018, a comprehensive overview of the state of our natural world, focusing on wildlife and ecosystems, and the threats they face.    Media availability: World Wildlife Fund Canada experts will...

About WWF WWF, the global conservation organization, is one of the World’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF has a global network active in over 100 countries with almost 5 million supporters. WWF-Canada connects the power of a strong global network to on-the-ground conservation efforts across the...