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The Mackenzie River Basin: Six Freshwater Health …

WEBNonetheless, there are many interesting findings that emerged from our assessment. Distribution of Freshwater Health Scores in the Mackenzie System per …

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Community-based solutions to watershed health

WEBSarah Weston, coordinator for Halifax-based CURA H2O, is working on community-based solutions to watershed health in Atlantic Canada. We caught up with …

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Healthy grasslands, healthy soil: What we learned by over …

WEBPerennial native grasses also serve an important function in grassland ecosystems by acting as scaffolding for tall wildflowers that would otherwise flop over. …

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Health & Threats to Canada's Rivers Watershed Reports WWF …

WEBWWF launched the Watershed Reports in 2017, Canada’s first wide assessment of the country’s watershed, focusing on four indicators of river health and seven key threats. …

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New WWF-Canada report reveals the health of 60 per …

WEBHistoric absence of freshwater data is especially concerning given the impact of COVID-19 on field research and monitoring. TORONTO, October 20, 2020 – WWF …

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Canadian environmental groups call for ambitious global …

WEBDecember 2, 2022 – Unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka – Montreal – In the leadup to the UN’s COP15 (NatureCOP) in Montreal, 17 Canadian environmental organizations …

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Wildlife is dying due to road salt, and it must stop

WEBRoad salt, the most common being sodium chloride, dissolves easily in water and flows from roads and parking lots into the sewers, and then into our creeks, …

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Climate Change: A Planet At Risk WWF.CA

WEBThe Global Climate Crisis. Climate change is accelerating sea-ice loss and worsening wildfires, floods, drought, avalanches, heatwaves and sea-level rise. It’s changing the …

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Ocean Conservation, Management And Protection

WEBThe ocean is becoming more crowded. As ship traffic and other industrial activities increase, whales and other marine life are losing the habitat and quiet they need to survive. It’s not …

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Grey water dumping threatens ocean health and people

WEBA separate study , also produced by Vard on behalf of WWF, projected that the amount of untreated grey water dumped in Canadian Arctic waters could double to …

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Protecting Canada's Freshwater Ecosytems WWF.CA

WEBCanada’s lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands hold 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater. With such richness comes responsibility to protect watersheds for the wildlife and people …

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World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Report Canada WWF.CA

WEBThe Living Planet Report is the World Wildlife Fund’s flagship publication. Released every two years, this report provides a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity …

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Checking on the health of Canada’s Great River

WEBThis majestic river will likely face great challenges in the years to come. Changes in climate, and increasing interest in the oil and gas reserve that the basin …

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5 things that make the Great Lakes magnificent WWF-Canada

WEBThe Lakes are heavily safeguarded but threats always loom. According to WWF’s Watershed Report, the Great Lakes face very high threat levels from pollution, …

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Water pollution in Canada and what you need to know

WEBPollution is the introduction of any substance into the environment that would not be there naturally. This includes substances like pharmaceuticals and pesticides. …

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Canada Water Week: Five freshwater species that need healthy …

WEBYou, too, can become a Water Hero by making a donation to our Loblaw Water Fund projects. Blanding's turtles, Canada Water Week, Freshwater, invertebrates, …

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Big steps forward: A path to elephant conservation in Nepal

WEBFor Asian elephants, who need lots of space to roam, landscape-level conservation means securing and protecting existing habitat fragments and corridors in …

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Six reasons why the world needs to protect big cats

WEBBig cats keep ecosystems in balance. The loss of an apex predator like big cats can set off something called a “trophic cascade,” in which the disrupted food chain …

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