Environmental conservation news: Canada

22 Apr 2008
Bowie Seamount designated as Canada’s seventh Marine Protected Area
After many years working with partners on the conservation of Bowie Seamount in the northeast Pacific, WWF-Canada celebrated the official designation of the site as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) on April 17.
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Toronto centre, before and during earth hour

31 Mar 2008
Earth Hour great success - Millions turn off lights, while one village turns them on.

Millions globally signalled a new awareness of climate change by turning off their lights for an hour last Saturday night. World landmarks – the Sydney Opera House, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, and Bangkok's Wat Arun Rajawarahrahm Pagoda disappeared into the night sky.

One community, however, did it differently. Visogo Village in Fiji celebrated Earth Hour by turning their light switches on . . . for the first time.

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The Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more

Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.

The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more

This new community allows young people to tell the world why they care about the environment and why it should be protected.

04 Mar 2008
A new platform to start changing the world
Forget Facebook, MySpace or You Tube: here comes connect2earth, a new online community where young people can upload videos, pictures and comments about the environment.

On www.connect2earth.org, users and visitors will be able to write, speak, illustrate and video present their concerns on subjects important to them, and share environmental ideas and solutions.
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WWF points out that the over-exploitation of fossil fuels - such as coal, gas and oil - is putting the whole of humanity under threat from climate change.

13 Feb 2008
HP commits to further GHG emissions reductions in joining WWF Climate Savers
HP, one of the world's largest IT companies, has pledged to reduce the emissions from its own operations and the use of its products to 6 million tonnes below 2005 levels by 2010.
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Cod catch on the deck of a deep sea fishing trawler.

01 Oct 2007
Protecting cod and coral off eastern Canada
Decisions made at a meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization will help cod recover and protect vulnerable cold-water corals off the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Newly discovered corals off the northeast Canadian coast have been shown to be suffering from destructive fishing activities.

11 Sep 2007
Fishing nations urged to protect newly discovered cold-water corals
A new study released by WWF identifies three cold-water coral “hotspots” off Canada's Atlantic coast that need protection from destructive fishing practices. » Read more

10 Sep 2007
Time running out for polar bears
A new report on the fate of polar bears in a world of climate change predicts disaster for one of the world's most charismatic species. » Read more

Industry's immense capacity for innovation can help mitigate the effects of climate change.

04 Jun 2007
Canada joins US as worst performer on climate change
The US and Canada come in last under WWF's Climate Scorecards, which rate each of the G8 countries' performance on climate change.

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