NAFO consists of 13 countries pursuing commercial fisheries on the high seas and as well as those straddling Canada’s 200-mile limit in the region of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland off Canada’s Atlantic coast.... Read More

These funds support research and education/outreach efforts of scientists and conservation advocates who are working to recover Canadian species at risk. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) currently lists... Read More

“This announcement is an important step in protecting Canada’s freshwater natural heritage,” said Mike Russill, President and CEO, WWF-Canada. “A great deal of consultation with local communities over the past decade has gone into... Read More

“WWF’s looking for real-world fishing solutions that allow fishermen to fish ‘smarter’—better targeting their intended catch while safeguarding the dolphins, sea turtles and other marine life often caught unintentionally,” said Ginette Hemley, Vice President,... Read More

“Common sense won the day when ministers agreed to start the talks about future reductions in carbon pollution,” says Jennifer Morgan, Director of WWF’s Global Climate Change Programme. “People know that the Kyoto Protocol... Read More

Previous research awarded this dubious honour to the polar bear, but a new study shows that killer whales have even higher levels of PCBs, pesticides and a brominated flame retardant. The results are based... Read More

A WWF study, ‘Arctic Climate Change with a 2 degree C Global Warming’ by Dr. Mark New of Oxford University, suggests that the earth may have warmed by 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels as... Read More

 The funds support the efforts of scientists and conservation advocates working to recover Canadian species at risk. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) currently lists 529 species as being... Read More

WWF has recognized the efforts of China’s Sichuan and Gansu Provinces to preserve giant panda habitat in the Minshan Mountains as a “Gift to the Earth”, the global conservation organization’s highest accolade for significant... Read More