Tag: Baffin Island
Conservation-based planning will protect the caribou for generations to come
Paul Crowley September 23, 2015
WWF promotes a precautionary approach to the recent adjustment to the Baffin Island caribou hunting moratorium.
Baffinland decision shows Nunavut resource development regulatory system is doing its job
Paul Crowley April 10, 2015
The Nunavut Planning Commission has decided Baffinland’s proposal to ship 10 months of the year does not comply with the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan.
Baffin Island Caribou hunting ban: short term pain for long term gain
Paul Crowley January 13, 2015
On January 1, 2015, the Government of Nunavut implemented a temporary ban on caribou hunting across Baffin Island. This marks a first for the area’s unique population of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) that have declined, mainly owing to natural cyclical rhythms, as much as 90 percent over the past 20 years.
Killer whales or ‘snow birds’?
Peter Ewins October 2, 2013
As fall descends on the Arctic, WWF-Canada continues to track a killer whale pod as they head south for the winter.