New holiday gifts that spread joy and fight wildlife loss
October 20, 2022 07:30 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada is asking people to help stop wildlife loss this holiday season by symbolically adopting species as gifts. WWF’s recently...
WWF’s Living Planet Report reveals a devastating 69% drop in wildlife populations on average in less than a lifetime
October 12, 2022 20:05 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Oct. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monitored wildlife populations — mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish — have seen a devastating 69 per cent drop on average since 1970 according...
WWF-Canada calls for a new model for creating protected areas to meet international commitments in countdown to COP15
September 20, 2022 06:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As world leaders gather today at the UN General Assembly to secure ambitious goals for climate and biodiversity negotiations this fall, a report from...
Tigers roar back: Nepal surpasses global commitment to double endangered tiger numbers
July 29, 2022 10:04 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, July 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Good news this Global Tiger Day: Nepal has more than doubled its wild tiger population from approximately 121 individuals in 2010 to 355 tigers in 2022,...
2022 budget shows commitment to nature in fight against climate change: WWF-Canada
April 07, 2022 19:44 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TORONTO, APRIL 7, 2022 — Canada's 2022 federal budget arrives amid deafening calls for urgent and ambitious action to deal with the worsening biodiversity...
EARTH HOUR 2022: SATURDAY, MARCH 26 AT 8:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME
March 21, 2022 13:47 ET
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WWF-Canada
Ottawa, March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, March 26 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour, one of the largest global grassroots movements for the environment, will bring together millions...
Billions of litres of harmful waste are dumped by ships in Canada’s protected waters annually: WWF-Canada Report
March 01, 2022 08:30 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2019, the federal government announced “minimum standards” for marine protected areas (MPAs) that prohibited dumping—but it has yet to define what...
Urgent action needed following call from IPCC to adapt and build resilience to climate risks
February 28, 2022 06:10 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WWF-Canada calls on world leaders to deliver on their climate promises and heed the alarm bells raised by today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
WWF-Canada launches its first-ever Run to Restore Nature
February 23, 2022 09:34 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Feb. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Registration is now open for the first-ever WWF Run to Restore Nature — a fun, family-friendly event where participants from across the country can come...
New student-based projects will restore and protect habitats across Canada
January 25, 2022 13:55 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada is pleased to award 56 Go Wild grants to projects from primary, secondary and post-secondary schools across the country. Valued...