Conservation

WWF works to conserve species at risk, protect threatened habitats and address global threats. We find long-term solutions that benefit both people and nature.

Mackenzie Valley

Protected Areas Strategy. Industrial exploration for oil, gas and mineral resources is accelerating rapidly in the Mackenzie River Basin. We need to act quickly to ensure a future that includes the protection of key natural areas.
Barge on the Mackenzie River, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada.

The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS) is the product of a unique collaboration led by Aboriginal communities and supported by territorial and federal governments, industry, and conservation organizations including Ducks Unlimited Canada, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and WWF-Canada. The PAS is identifying lands with natural and cultural significance to be protected from industrial development.

Already, WWF-Canada has worked closely with eight First Nations communities to identify more than three million hectares for protection. In addition, we are contributing to the development of land use plans for the Sahtu and Deh Cho territories, which together account for more than two-thirds of the Mackenzie Valley portion of the NWT. The land use plans are powerful tools to strike a balance between conservation and development before any major industrial development goes ahead.

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Rob Powell, Director, Mackenzie River Basin.
Rob Powell
Director, Mackenzie River Basin
 

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