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Environmental groups launch appeal to protect Newfoundland offshore waters from fossil fuel expansion

January 12, 2022

ST JOHN’S, N.L./TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE BEOTHUK AND MI’KMAQ –Environmental groups are launching an appeal to protect marine ecosystems off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador from the harmful effects of unchecked exploratory oil and gas drilling. The groups are appealing a Federal Court decision upholding a Regional Assessment (RA)...

Freshwater Land

New analysis using Canada’s carbon map shows how wildlife conservation also benefits climate

December 15, 2021

A new study from WWF-Canada has assessed the carbon benefits of previously identified conservation actions that benefit wildlife in the Wolastoq/Saint John River watershed in New Brunswick. If the strategies that have most benefit for wildlife are implemented, particularly the protection and conservation of 17 per cent of the...

Oceans

Court decision leaves marine ecosystems vulnerable to impacts of exploratory oil and gas drilling

December 15, 2021

The Federal Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s assessment of the ecosystem impacts of exploratory oil and gas drilling off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The decision sets a dangerous precedent that blanket exemptions may be used in the future to accelerate development across the...

Freshwater Land

Ontario government must do more to protect species at risk: WWF-Canada

November 23, 2021

WWF-Canada is concerned about the findings outlined in Ontario’s Auditor General’s annual environmental report, which signals a troubling disregard by the Ontario government for the future of at-risk species and climate change. The report found that the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which was designed to conserve and protect at-risk...

NEW WWF-CANADA GRANT RECIPIENTS RESTORING OVER 100 HECTARES OF HABITAT TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE AND ABSORB CARBON

November 23, 2021

The Nature and Climate Grant Program is a key part of a 10-year plan to Regenerate Canada TORONTO, November 23, 2021 – Groups across Canada are answering the call for a “whole-of-society” approach to the biodiversity and climate crises, taking meaningful and measurable actions to restore nature, recover wildlife...

A herd of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada

Arctic Oceans Walrus

New WWF project asks Canadians to help count walrus from space

November 22, 2021

To best safeguard Canada’s walrus populations, WWF-Canada is working to learn more about walrus haulouts (a group of walruses on land or ice) and minimize disturbances though its Arctic Species Conservation Fund. Get involved by spotting walrus in satellite imagery or by donating.

Land

WWF-Canada debuts new research that pinpoints location of critical carbon stores across Canada

November 10, 2021

Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 10, 2021 A new study by WWF-Canada, led by researchers at McMaster University’s Remote Sensing Laboratory, reveals, for the first time, how much carbon is stored in Canada’s landscapes, and the locations of the most carbon-rich areas. It found a total of 327 Pg — that’s...

Holiday gift guide: WWF-Canada reveals six new adoptable species and collection of branded apparel

October 7, 2021

Ahead of the holiday season, WWF-Canada is adding five new species and one new family to its popular collection of symbolic wildlife options: the fennec fox, monarch butterfly, black jaguar, giant Pacific octopus and gorilla, and an orangutan family.

WWF-Canada launches 10-year plan to Regenerate Canada

September 28, 2021

New survey reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are pessimistic about the future of the planet — but there is still time to change the path we’re on. Regenerate Canada and irREVERSIBLE campaign show the way TORONTO, ON. SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 — The latest UN IPCC report declared a “code...

WWF-Canada ready to work with new government to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change

September 21, 2021

WWF-Canada is ready to work with the new government to effectively tackle the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.

Nature X Carbon Tech Challenge

Climate change is here. WWF-Canada’s Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge is a part of the solution

September 7, 2021

Applications now open for a chance to receive up to $125,000 in contracts and grants for technologies that measure carbon in nature. TORONTO, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 – WWF-Canada is now accepting applications to the Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge, seeking a diverse range of innovators to develop cost-effective...

Grand Chief Solomon and Minister Wilkinson sign a MOU to assess the feasibility of a National Marine Conservation area in western James Bay and southwestern Hudson Bay.

Arctic Oceans

First phase of Indigenous-led National Marine Conservation Area a critical step in fight against biodiversity loss and climate change

August 9, 2021

The assessment is another important contribution in meeting Canada’s goal to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030, in a region that will benefit both biodiversity loss and climate change. The traditional territories of the Omushkego cover a large portion of the Hudson-James Bay Lowlands, the...