Species
Across Canada, habitat loss, pollution, foreign invaders, climate change, and unsustainable harvesting have pushed over 500 species dangerously close to extinction. Species of every description, from lichens to leatherback turtles, whooping cranes to wood bison are at risk.
On the good news front, the peregrine falcon and the sea otter have made a comeback. Less positively, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed 18 new species as being at risk of extinction in Canada, including the black-footed albatross, basking shark and eastern flowering dogwood.
WWF-Canada’s Species Program aims to: tackle global trade in endangered species through our international TRAFFIC program; and reduce the effects of climate change on species, especially on northern species such as polar bears.
On the good news front, the peregrine falcon and the sea otter have made a comeback. Less positively, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed 18 new species as being at risk of extinction in Canada, including the black-footed albatross, basking shark and eastern flowering dogwood.
WWF-Canada’s Species Program aims to: tackle global trade in endangered species through our international TRAFFIC program; and reduce the effects of climate change on species, especially on northern species such as polar bears.
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Confiscated products made from crocodile skins. USFW warehouse, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
WWF-Canada helps Mexican wildlife trade inspectors protect crocodiles.
“The officers are enthusiastic and keen to learn, and I know that my teaching will really assist them in doing their jobs, which will in turn assist efforts to ensure that international wildlife trade is sustainable and legal," says WWF’s identification expert Ernie Cooper. Learn More...
“The officers are enthusiastic and keen to learn, and I know that my teaching will really assist them in doing their jobs, which will in turn assist efforts to ensure that international wildlife trade is sustainable and legal," says WWF’s identification expert Ernie Cooper. Learn More...
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Polar Bears in Peril
Due to climage change, Canada's Arctic is warming faster than any place on Earth. Follow five radio-collared polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay in our Polar Bear Tracker.