WWF-Canada Restoration Fund recipient Katzie First Nation to restore traditional B.C. landmark and salmon spawning ground
August 07, 2019 10:03 ET
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WWF-Canada
Vancouver, Aug. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2019 WWF-Canada Restoration Fund recipient, British Columbia’s Katzie First Nation, will use the $150,000 CAD grant to restore the Upper Pitt River’s...
WWF-Canada chloride maps show devastating effects of road salt. Yes, even in summer
June 19, 2019 09:21 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, June 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- June 19, 2019 – Southern Ontario waterways are showing dangerously increasing road salt levels in WWF-Canada’s Great Lakes Chloride Summer Hot Spot Map. ...
Federal ban on single-use plastic by 2021 is a ‘win for wildlife,’ says WWF-Canada
June 10, 2019 16:16 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, June 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WWF-Canada welcomes the federal government’s announcement to ban single-use plastic by 2021. While details are still to come, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Amid global threat of mass extinctions, Ontario’s at-risk species left unprotected by new law
June 07, 2019 16:34 ET
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WWF-Canada
Toronto, June 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario government’s just-passed More Homes, More Choice Act threatens the province’s at-risk wildlife and their habitats by gutting protections in the...
Thousands of kids and families across Canada hit the ground running for nature
May 24, 2019 13:07 ET
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WWF-Canada
TORONTO, May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This June and July, thousands of kids across Canada will take action for our planet through Kids’ Run for Nature, a fundraising event that includes 1 km, 3...
Precautionary approach to managing capelin fishery essential: WWF-Canada
March 22, 2018 08:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
ST. JOHN’S, N.L., March 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WWF-Canada is deeply concerned by the 70 per cent decline in capelin abundance over the last two years, and maintains that capelin are still...
Significant progress made in marine protection
October 28, 2017 17:47 ET
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WWF-Canada
Victoria, Oct. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada congratulates the government on making significant increases in the amount of the country’s marine territory protected. Marine...
New leader for WWF-Canada brings lifelong conservation commitment
October 26, 2017 03:00 ET
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WWF-Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Megan Leslie, former parliamentarian and current vice-president of ocean conservation for World Wildlife Fund Canada, will be the next president and CEO of...
WWF-Canada seeks new leader and thanks David Miller
October 04, 2017 05:23 ET
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WWF-Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Wildlife Fund Canada would like to thank David Miller for four years of conservation achievements as president and CEO, and wish him well in his new...
Faster, better freshwater monitoring through new citizen-scientist program
September 25, 2017 07:25 ET
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WWF-Canada
OTTAWA, Sept. 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new national community-based freshwater monitoring program using environmental DNA technology to provide the data necessary to help reverse the decline...