Posts tagged: Biodiversity

Amazing snow leopard sightings

Camera traps find a robust refuge for Himalayan wildlife.

February 15, 2012
Posted by Guest Blogger

New marine biodiversity plan calls for big changes in Canada

The Royal Society of Canada’s new report paints a bleak picture of Canada’s oceans, but offers strong recommendations to turn the situation around.

February 03, 2012
Posted by Bettina Saier

Deciding the future of a Canadian ecological treasure

At the heart of the hearings to decide the future of the Great Bear Sea and Rainforest is whether, and under what conditions, we should permit super tankers and a bitumen pipeline in one of the last intact temperate coastal rainforests on Earth.

January 11, 2012
Posted by Gerald Butts

Close encounters of the grizzly kind

Linda Nowlan, director, Pacific conservation with WWF-Canada, talks about a magical morning on which she shared the Great Bear Sea with a wild grizzly.

January 10, 2012
Posted by Linda Nowlan

I want to help protect space for Canada’s wildlife

A few weeks ago, I traveled to one of Canada’s National Parks: Point Pelee.

November 04, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Polar Bears are the talk of Iqaluit: 2011 Polar Bear Range States Meeting

It was late October in Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, and 8 hours after leaving my balmy Toronto neighbourhood, I was skidding down Iqaluit’s icy runway in the First Air jet from Ottawa.

November 03, 2011
Posted by Peter Ewins

In the market for change: happy birthday Danica May

Yesterday was a special day for the Camacho family of Manila. They celebrated the birth of their daughter, Danica May. As a new dad, myself, I know how much the birth of a child affects your life. It’s fair to say, it changes everything. But Danica’s birth—as special and impactful as it surely is for her mom and dad—carries an additional meaning. Danica is “officially” the world’s 7 billionth person.

November 01, 2011
Posted by Hadley Archer

WWF’s resident snow leopard expert returns to Bhutan

After spending the last four months at the Toronto office of WWF-Canada, I have now embarked on a 45 day trip to the land of “Thunder Dragon” situated in the midst of snow leopard country. As much as I’ve loved my time with my Canadian colleagues, I have to say I am very excited to be returning to Bhutan to continue my work analyzing snow leopards and their principal prey, blue sheep.

October 11, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Tiger Talk

One of the challenges in Canada of raising awareness about tigers is that the problems seem very far removed from us. People often don’t think they can make a difference, and don’t feel as deeply touched by an issue that is a world away.

September 28, 2011
Posted by Steph Morgan

A week of work I hoped would never end

Have you ever had one of those weeks at work you hoped would never end? I recently did. But of course it’s not every week I get to join researchers on a week-long expedition angling, tagging, and collecting data on Canada’s largest freshwater fish, the Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens).

August 11, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Caribou? Which Caribou?

As I review environmental press clippings every day, I see various stories about “caribou,” where there is confusion about exactly which caribou are under discussion. This is an important distinction, so here’s a little primer….

August 10, 2011
Posted by Monte Hummel

Global Tiger Day: WWF calls for an end to poaching

Silent as night – just a flash of orange and black in amongst the trees. Tigers are mysterious, majestic, and awe-inspiring creatures. As top predators, they depend on their habitat, and their ecosystem relies on them. So what right do humans have to take that away?

July 29, 2011
Posted by Steph Morgan

The Scott Islands – placing value on a unique ecosystem

How do you go about placing a value on a place that many people have never been to, will probably never go to, and in all likelihood, will never directly benefit from?

July 28, 2011
Posted by James Casey

50 Stories: A conservation milestone – The Gwaii Haanas Marine Agreement

Bald eagles are a common sight on Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) on BC’s north Pacific coast. Less so on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. But there they were this morning, a pair of them, soaring just outside the windows of the Museum of Anthropology, causing murmurs and pointing from the crowd that had gathered to witness the signing of the Gwaii Haanas Marine Agreement.

June 17, 2011
Posted by Darcy Dobell

50 Stories: Making a difference in Mexico

We’ve helped Mexico provide a warm welcome to its famous winged visitors – and now we’ve launched an ambitious conservation plan for this vast, diverse country.

June 15, 2011
Posted by Sara Falconer
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