DSF Virtual Classroom
October 25th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
As many as 12,000 Canadian high school students and their teachers will have real-time access to renowned scientist Dr. David Suzuki on November 1 and 2 through a new virtual classroom experience. The virtual program is being delivered through a partnership between the National Film Board of Canada and the David Suzuki Foundation.
The conversation will focus on ...
Tags: classroom, David Suzuki, virtual
August 10th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Court cases play an important role in wildlife conservation. When people disregard the needs of wildlife, such as Canada’s Environment Minister deciding to...
Tags: caribou, Conservation, court, CPAWS, Ecojustice, Species at Risk
August 9th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
The Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research (IWWR) has been developing and sustaining a premier program of research for Ducks Unlimited’s conservatio...
Tags: Conservation, Ducks Unlimited, research
August 8th, 2011 by Michelle Ly in General
Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favour of HR 2018, largely along partisan lines, by a count of 239 to 184. The Clean Water Co...
July 27th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Bushmeat is a growing concern for anyone interested in wildlife conservation. A single market in Pompeya, on the margins of the Napo River in Ecuadorian Am...
Alaskan Forests and Roads
July 27th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
The Alaska Congressional delegation recently introduced legislation to exempt the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, reports EarthJustice. The Roadless Rule currently protects 9.3 million acres in the Tongass and 5.6 million acres in the Chugach from logging and n...
Tags: Alaska, Conservation, forests, roads
Keeping Woodland Caribou
July 25th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
A new report has just been released by the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel called “Keeping woodland caribou in the boreal forest: Big challenge, immense opportunity”.
The report emphasizes that recovery is achievable but the challeng...
Tags: caribou, Conservation
S Okanagan National Park
July 21st, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Visiting a national park is a fun way to spend a summer weekend. For those of you who enjoy such activity, you might be interested in knowing that a new park may be in the making in the Southern Okanagan region of B.C.
Set in rolling hillsides, this prop...
Canadian Wetlands Update
July 20th, 2011 by Michelle Ly in General
Wetlands are biologically diverse ecosystems which can include swamps, marshes and bogs. Generally, wetlands are an area which is saturated by water for at least part of the year. In contrast, waterways are bodies of water which could be navigated, su...
Tags: Ducks Unlimited, Wetlands
Ecotrust Supports Crab Fishery
July 19th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Ecotrust Canada starts an article about supporting the North Coast Crab Fishery with the line “Flaky crab cakes with a dill mayonnaise”. It reminds me of having fresh crab cakes on my first evening in Alaska several years ago. They were so good. And...
Microfinance in Africa
July 18th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
CARE is one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations and brings savings-led financial services to more people in Africa than any other international non-governmental organization. They recently released their second major report on th...
Tags: Africa, CARE, Humanitarian
Species at Risk Task Force Report
July 14th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Conservation groups are campaigning to get the BC government to introduce a law to protect 1,900 at-risk species. BC and Alberta are the only provinces in Canada with no endangered species legislation.
Ecojustice, Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee recen...
Tags: BC, Conservation, endangered, species
Protecting Canadian Wilderness
July 13th, 2011 by Michelle Ly in General
In celebration of the International Year of Forests, Global Forest Watch Canada released a report which looked at protected terrestrial and freshwater areas in Canada and analyzed their effectiveness in achieving conservation goals. According to the...
Tags: Canada, Conservation, forest
Conservation Grant for Brazil
July 12th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
The first trust fund exclusively dedicated to the long term support of the Kayapó indigenous peoples in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil has been created with at least US$8 million to provide in grants, Conservation International announced re...
Tags: Amazon, Conservation International
A Road in the Serengeti
July 11th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
As a National Park and World Heritage Site, the Serengeti is home to what is billed as the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa, with great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, ...
