As part of the global WWF network, WWF-Canada tackles globally important conservation issues that matter to Canada and Canadians. We focus on issues where Canada has a clear leadership role to play to help secure the future of biodiversity and the survival of life on this planet.
Conservation
Canadian leadership, global impact
WWF-Canada’s Plan for a Living Planet
Windmill, close-up. Wind Farm at Castilla-La Mancha, Central Spain
Climate Change
Climate change creates the world’s biggest conservation challenges, both on land and at sea. Canada has a responsibility – and the opportunity – to help lead the way in mitigation, adaptation, and the creation of a sustainable and prosperous green economy.
Climate & Energy Blog Posts
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50 Stories: Help us save the air we breathe
What could be more important than having air to breathe? We’re working to protect the Earth’s lungs – our forests.
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Will Facebook devastate the auto industry?
One can blame social networking sites for many things (loss of productivity, embarrassing photos…), but the possibility that they will undermine car ...
Flores Island, Clayoquot Sound, BC
Water
The lifeblood of our planet, is the world’s richest source of biodiversity and essential to every human community. Water is also Canada’s biggest global endowment. We have the opportunity now to set new world standards for the care of fresh water and ocean ecosystems.
Oceans blog posts
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Swimming with sharks
My personal experience with a shark showed me how beautiful and non-threatening these creatures are, and most importantly, that they need us to ...
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Oil tankers and oil pipelines too great a risk: Canadians for the Great Bear
Oil tankers and an oil pipeline through Canada’s remarkable Great Bear region are too great a risk to take, said ‘Captain Canada’ hockey hero Scott ...
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People
What we do – as individuals and together – matters to all other species and to the planet. Canada’s diverse citizenship connects us to every corner of the planet. The world matters to Canada and Canada matters to the world.
WWF Blog Posts
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School kids come clean
Inspiring elementary school students take part in spring shoreline cleanup organized by WWF-Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium and see the human ...
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Donations needed for Iqaluit families
As many of you have heard, on Sunday, February 26, a devastating fire in a block of row houses in Iqaluit, Nunavut has left dozens homeless and with ...
When Canada steps up to take its leadership role, great things can happen. We envision a future in which:
• The Arctic is protected and adapting to climate change, supporting
communities and Arctic species
• Canadians are engaged in and taking action for our living planet, in Canada
and around the world
• Canada’s economy is green, sustainable, and growing
• Canada’sfresh watermeets the needs of nature and people
• Canada’s three oceans are healthy, productive, and sustainable
communities and Arctic species
• Canadians are engaged in and taking action for our living planet, in Canada
and around the world
• Canada’s economy is green, sustainable, and growing
• Canada’sfresh watermeets the needs of nature and people
• Canada’s three oceans are healthy, productive, and sustainable