About
WWF-Canada’s long-term vision is simple: a Canada with abundant wildlife, where climate change is kept in check, and where nature and people thrive. But without urgent intervention, that future is at risk.
Think of a five-year-old child today, witnessing or hearing of wildfires, floods and heatwaves across the world. Without significant global action to stop the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, by the time they are 15, these terrible climactic events will be commonplace. When they are 30, Arctic summer sea-ice will have all but disappeared, affecting weather around the globe and threatening the foundation of Arctic ecosystems. When they are 50, sea levels will continue to rise, affecting coastal communities. And when they are 75, our planet could be up to 4 degrees warmer. Countless species will go extinct and large swaths of our planet will be uninhabitable.
It doesn’t have to be this way. By using nature to fight biodiversity loss and climate change, we can reverse what seems irreversible and stay on the right side of the line. Regenerate Canada is our bold 10-year plan to expand habitats, reduce carbon in the atmosphere, lower industrial impacts and, as a result, reverse wildlife loss and fight climate change. Drawing from scientific analysis and Indigenous guidance, all our conservation efforts will drive toward three ambitious goals, designed to get our future back on track
- Restore at least one million hectares, regenerating lost complex ecosystems that provide essential wildlife habitat and sequester carbon in nature.
- Protect and steward at least 100 hundred million hectares of vital ecosystems for wildlife and communities.
- Reduce carbon emissions by 30 million tonnes by restoring carbon-rich habitats and protecting current carbon stores.
Our Impact
Over the last 50 years, WWF-Canada has helped develop long-term solutions to help wildlife and people thrive—from protecting caribou calving grounds in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories to safeguarding countless species through the restoration of habitats across the country. This work is only possible thanks to the support of our donors, including those who left gifts big and small to WWF-Canada as part of their Will.
Here are just a few of our successes:
- Mapping carbon stores across Canada with scientists at McMaster University’s Remote Sensing Lab. By identifying the most carbon-rich areas, we can get to work protecting them.
- Helping reduce major stressors such as ship strikes, underwater noise and vessel discharge on endangered whales by creating toolkits for mariners navigating their habitat.
- Amplifying Inuit voices in public hearings about the proposed Mary River Iron Mine expansion, resulting in the Nunavut Impact Review Board making a recommendation to the federal government to reject the project which would negatively impact species like narwhal and caribou.
- Restoring 304 hectares of habitat in southern Ontario and Quebec with more than 80,000 native plants.
