WWF-Canada

A long-overdue federal strategy to tackle ocean noise is here at last — but some advocates say it falls short of what’s needed to protect species from the ever-increasing shipping traffic in Canadian waters.

“Legally binding conditions” on projects are meant to protect the environment, says Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.

Marine refuges are still counted toward Canada's conservation target, up until the point at which oil drilling begins. That turns them into "ever-receding jigsaw puzzles," says Ecology Action Centre.

A way must be found to bridge the tense political divide in Canada over climate change, or some citizens and political leaders will just keep avoiding the topic, panellists said on Monday, October 14, 2019, during a public forum in Halifax.

WWF-Canada president Megan Leslie says the conservation movement has historically had “some problematic ways of looking at the world,” such as failing to fully consider how its efforts to protect natural areas might intrude on communities in those areas or not respect Indigenous relationships with the land.

The announcement could prove to be a major win for Arctic conservation, ending long-standing delays in efforts to protect Lancaster Sound, home to narwhals, beluga whales and polar bears.