Canadian Wildlife Federation
| Founded | 1962. |
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| Focus | Environmentalism |
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Area served
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Canada |
| Method | Education, training, research, lobbying |
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Members
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Over 300,000. |
| Website | cwf-fcf.org |
The Canadian Wildlife Federation was founded in 1961 and chartered in 1962.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is devoted to teaching others to appreciate the natural world in order to ensure a lasting legacy of healthy wildlife and habitat.
To meet these goals, the Canadian Wildlife Federation:
The Canadian Wildlife Federation aims to inform Canadians about wildlife by spreading the word using media such as posters, magazines, newsletters, WebPages and community events. By doing this, CWF hopes to inspire other Canadians to donate and support the organization in order to run the programs that teach Canadians about wildlife. Finally, CWF aims to educate and increase awareness on problems concerning Canadian wildlife and how Canadians can aid in the conservation of natural environments.
In 2011, the CWF took steps to reduce the organization’s carbon footprint including, weighing their mail to avoid over-mailing, less travel and more centralized meetings, installing solar units and recycling. The purpose of this was to assess their carbon footprint, to raise additional money with less investment and to reduce the foundation’s environmental impact.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation's Education department focuses its attention on connecting Canadians to wildlife along a continuum that moves participants from a broad awareness of wildlife issues to one where people take responsibility in their own communities to be ambassadors for species and habitat. CWF's education programs include: Wild Education, which teachers can use to develop their own programming, a Summer Institute for educators, Hinterland Who's Who which has informed Canadians about wildlife for more than 50 years, Wild about Sports, which is a program developed by Damian Foxall to connect sport participants with the natural world and conservation ethic.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation's Science department focuses much of its attention on the conservation of both marine and land mammals throughout Canada. The main areas of interest for the CWF are: Habitat Stewardship, Freshwater Conservation, Marine Conservation, Endangered Species, and Climate Change.
The habitat stewardship program focuses primarily on habitat creation and restoration in both rural and urban communities as well as encouraging stewardship for private landowners.
Canada houses many freshwater sources throughout the country including lakes and rivers, which are responsible for nearly 9% of the global renewable water energy supply. This abundance of freshwater also houses many species of fish, birds, amphibians, insects and other species of wildlife.
Research and creating awareness among the public is focused on four main areas:
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