Media Releases

Parts of at least 1,069 tigers have been seized in tiger range countries over the past decade, according to new analysis of tiger seizures carried out by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Reduced to Skin and Bones shows that from January 2000 to April 2010, parts of between...

Toronto: November 3, 2010 – Merely months after indigenous groups asked the federal government to designate the Edéhzhíe (the Horn Plateau) in the Northwest Territories as a National Wildlife Area, the area is being exposed to potential mining activity. WWF-Canada is profoundly disappointed that the government’s interim protection for...

Public outcry derailed an auction scheduled to be held earlier this week by the forestry administration of Primorsky Province in the Russian Far East that would have opened up critical Amur tiger habitats for logging. The Forest Management Department said that its director Pyotr Diuk departed Tuesday on holiday,...

Swimming with sharks Vancouver Sun October 26, 2010 Saying no to shark-fin soup, and tradition The Gazette October 25, 2010 Impeleriled: Shark populations in freefall throughout the world Vancouver Sun October 25, 2010 Products from at-risk sharks for sale in B.C. Vancouver Sun October 25, 2010 Save the tigers from tanking...

Nagoya, Japan – As Ministers from around the world arrive for the final three days of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference, WWF urges governments to overcome their differences on how to share the benefits of genetic resources and deliver a robust plan to stem the loss of...

Swimming with sharks Vancouver Sun October 26, 2010 Saying no to shark-fin soup, and tradition The Gazette October 25, 2010 Impeleriled: Shark populations in freefall throughout the world Vancouver Sun October 25, 2010 Products from at-risk sharks for sale in B.C. Vancouver Sun October 25, 2010 Good fish, bad fish NOW Toronto...

“This report clearly shows the incredible diversity of life in the Amazon”, said Francisco Ruiz, Leader of WWF’s Living Amazon Initiative. It also serves as a reminder of how much we still have to learn about this unique region, and what we could lose if we don’t change the...

Join the conversation at the Globe and Mail and read their article about the plight of the tigers.

Nagoya, Japan, Oct 22 – Delegates who gathered In Nagoya for a crucial meeting to plan a way forward to halt dramatic loss of species and natural resources made little progress in the first days of the talks but a successful outcome is still possible. The first week highlighted...

Opinion: Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse – Poverty and the WWF 2010 Report Digital Journal October 19, 2010 Wasting Best Langley Advance October 19, 2010 Resource hogs need to cut back now Coquitlam Now October 15, 2010 Our planet can’t meet demands, report says The Gazette October 14, 2010 Earth...