WWF-Canada

World Wildlife Fund Canada
Founded 1967
Founder Alan Macnaughton
Type Nongovernmental organization
Focus Environmentalism
Location
Area served
National and international
Method Conservation, research, community organizing, lobbying, advocacy
Key people

Megan Leslie, President and CEO[1]

David Miller, former President and CEO[2]
Employees
130
Website wwf.ca

WWF-Canada (also known as World Wildlife Fund Canada) is one of Canada's largest conservation organizations and is a member of the WWF global network, actively contributing to the protection, management, and restoration of the environment. Its name remains World Wildlife Fund in Canada and the United States, but is known as World Wide Fund for Nature around the world.

Mission statement

On its official website, the organization's mission is:

To stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:

  • conserving the world's biological diversity,
  • ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable,
  • promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. [3]

Offices

References

  1. ↑ "Former MP Megan Leslie picked as new head of World Wildlife Fund Canada". Global News, October 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Former Toronto Mayor David Miller joins the WWF". canada.com, June 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ About WWF-Canada

See also

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