Species
Species at Risk Funding. WWF-Canada has finished its collaboration with the Species at Risk Research Fund for Ontario (SARRFO). For more information on stewardship and species at risk funding in Ontario, please visit the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources' website at http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/index.html
WWF-Canada supports priority species conservation work, focusing tightly and effectively on major conservation results for flagship species in globally significant regions, their habitat needs and primary threats in Canada.
WWF-Canada will not be continuing with national or regional species at risk research grant programs. We applaud Environment Canada and the associated Provincial governments for the 20 year collaboration on the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (ESRF), which contributed more than 10.2 million dollars to over 770 species recovery projects between1988-2008.
WWF-Canada strongly encourages governments to establish and sustain efficient and effective species recovery grant programs that will help achieve the goals of species at risk legislation, especially via multi-species and ecosystem-based approaches.
WWF-Canada supports priority species conservation work, focusing tightly and effectively on major conservation results for flagship species in globally significant regions, their habitat needs and primary threats in Canada.
WWF-Canada will not be continuing with national or regional species at risk research grant programs. We applaud Environment Canada and the associated Provincial governments for the 20 year collaboration on the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (ESRF), which contributed more than 10.2 million dollars to over 770 species recovery projects between1988-2008.
WWF-Canada strongly encourages governments to establish and sustain efficient and effective species recovery grant programs that will help achieve the goals of species at risk legislation, especially via multi-species and ecosystem-based approaches.
Spiny softshell turtle hatchlings (Apalone spinifera) are being released by researcher Ryan Bolton and Lenore Nadeau in Rondeau Provincial Park, on Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada.
From 1988 to 2008, the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (ESRF) provided support to high-priority conservation projects that assisted in the recovery and protection of endangered Canadian wildlife and their natural habitats. More than $10.2 million was awarded to over 770 species at risk research and education projects by scientists and conservation advocates.
In particular, the ESRF supported initiatives that contributed to the development of recovery strategies, such as collection of baseline information about the threats to a species’ survival, identification of the critical habitat of a species and what is needed to ensure it is conserved, or research that will fill other gaps in information. When the necessary recovery actions were known, the ESRF supported action-oriented projects that addressed specific steps toward species recovery.
For 20 years, WWF-Canada and Environment Canada co-sponsored the ESRF. The ESRF combined public, private and non-profit sector support with the efforts of scientists, conservation groups, and landowners. This multi-sector approach is critical for the long-term survival of Canada's wildlife.
Highlights of recently supported ESRF projects can be found on the right-hand column of this website.
For information about Species at Risk
Information about recovery teams that are in place for species listed under the federal Species At Risk Act, or assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) can be obtained on Government of Canada's Species at Risk Act Public Registry website.
Information about species recovery efforts being coordinated by provincial or territorial government agencies can be obtained by contacting the provincial or territorial Species at Risk office in your area of interest.
In particular, the ESRF supported initiatives that contributed to the development of recovery strategies, such as collection of baseline information about the threats to a species’ survival, identification of the critical habitat of a species and what is needed to ensure it is conserved, or research that will fill other gaps in information. When the necessary recovery actions were known, the ESRF supported action-oriented projects that addressed specific steps toward species recovery.
For 20 years, WWF-Canada and Environment Canada co-sponsored the ESRF. The ESRF combined public, private and non-profit sector support with the efforts of scientists, conservation groups, and landowners. This multi-sector approach is critical for the long-term survival of Canada's wildlife.
Highlights of recently supported ESRF projects can be found on the right-hand column of this website.
For information about Species at Risk
Information about recovery teams that are in place for species listed under the federal Species At Risk Act, or assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) can be obtained on Government of Canada's Species at Risk Act Public Registry website.
Information about species recovery efforts being coordinated by provincial or territorial government agencies can be obtained by contacting the provincial or territorial Species at Risk office in your area of interest.
A Western Hudson Bay population female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with her two three-month old cubs, just recently out of their den, in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
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