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WWF Canada

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Founded
  
1967

Type
  
Charitable trust

Founder
  
Alan MacNaughton

Focus
  
Environmentalism

Location
  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Area served
  
National and international

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.

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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.

    • Offices

  • Toronto, Ontario (Head office)
  • Ottawa, Ontario
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Montreal, Quebec
  • Iqaluit, Nunavut
  • Inuvik, Northwestern Territories

    • References

    WWF-Canada Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA