Arctic Climate Change
May 5th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
A report to be presented next week at the 7th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program is the latest evidence in how climate change is impacting the Arctic. The so-called SWIPA Assessment is the most comprehensive compilation of scientific knowledge on the changes in the Arctic’s fro...
Tags: Arctic, Climate Change
December 20th, 2010 by Maryam Fejvai in Climate Change
Just days before the United Nations climate change meetings in Cancun Mexico, the Canadian federal government announced a plan to designate an area no...
August 23rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Travel
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is linking travel with conservation in order to conserve the Arctic’s habitat.
The UN News Centre reports that a joint campa...
Tags: Arctic, biodiversity, Conservation, map, sustainable, tourism, Travel, UN, UNEP
November 24th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
Just as good business management helps non-profits save endangered animals, integrally- sound science is also essential for saving the animals.
Legally, the decis...
Tags: Arctic, Conservation, endangered, Endangered Species, global warming, polar bear, science, spotted owl, wild animals
October 30th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
It’s already next week that WWF-Canada’s cross-Canada speaking tour “Oil and Ice” featuring award winning authors Andrew Nikiforuk (Tar Sa...
Tags: Arctic, global warming, Oil and Ice, tar sands, WWF Canada
