The United Nations is calling on the world to take action to protect biodiversity.

“Biodiversity is Life,” the award winning international campaign explains. “Biodiversity is Our Life.”

With nearly a third of all species in the world at some level of risk, the call to action is critical. In Canada, the numbers are also alarming: 585 species are at some level of risk.

As one of the oldest and largest conservation organizations in Canada, CWF is continually working to protect biodiversity. In 2010, we are stepping up the campaign with many new initiatives. Please click on the links to learn more about biodiversity, CWF’s conservation projects and the international movement to safeguard the variety of life on Earth.


Press Releases:

April 19, 2010
TORONTO, The Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation, is expanding its highly successful Cultural Access Pass program to include outdoor experiences and wildlife education for new citizens..
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April 10, 2010
CALGARY, The Canadian Wildlife Federation is springing into action with the announcement of $40,000 in additional funding to help the Calgary Zoo save a favorite amphibian – the threatened Northern Leopard Frog..
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March 25, 2010
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wildlife Federation is launching a $1-million Endangered Species Program to conserve at-risk wildlife across Canada and engage more Canadians in supporting species-at-risk..
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March 23, 2010
GRANDE PRAIRIE, The Canadian Wildlife Federation is hosting a community forum in northern Alberta to encourage informal discussion about challenges and opportunities related to the economy, ecology and sustainable communities..
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March 15, 2009
OTTAWA, The Canadian Wildlife Federation is a partner in the new and interactive One Ocean Pledge program encouraging the public to think resourcefully, reduce consumption and waste, get involved and protect aquatic ecosystems..
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February 25, 2010
WHISTLER, The Canadian Wildlife Federation is supporting many unique conservation programs in British Columbia to help sustain diverse ecosystems and leave a lasting legacy of healthy wildlife and habitat in the Olympic region and beyond
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Dare to Care:

    * Learn more about biodiversity
    * Walk for Wildlife and log your kilometers
    * Support CWF’s Endangered Species Fund
    * Explore the United Nations Biodiversity 2010 website
    * See how the IUCN is Moving From Words to Action with
       Countdown 2010
    * Read about Japan’s role as host of the
       international biodiversity convention this October
    * Review the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by
       150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
    * Discover why the World Future Council has selected biodiversity as
       the topic for this year’s Future Policy Award
    * Get the Facts and Dare to Make a Difference for Wildlife:
    * Watch the Hinterland Who’s Who webisode on biodiversity

* Order CWF’s educational resources, including Biodiversity posters
       featuring artwork by award winning children’s book illustrator
       Wallace Edwards
    * Make a Ocean pledge to protect aquatic ecosystems