Links

The following are links to provincial and national environmental organizations, parks and wilderness related groups, and other resources.

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Canadian Boreal Initiative
Established in 2003, CBI works with a wide range of conservation organizations, First Nations, industry and other interested parties to link science, policy and conservation activities in Canada’s boreal forest.
http://www.borealcanada.ca

Canadian Nature Federation (CNF)
The Canadian Nature Federation is a non-profit conservation organization with over 40,000 supporters and a network of more than 100 affiliated naturalist groups. The CNF’s mission is to protect nature, its diversity and the processes that sustain it.
www.cnf.ca

Caribou Commons Project
The Caribou Commons Project is an international effort to permanently protect the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd, located in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A unique collaboration among aboriginal people, northern artists and conservationists, the Caribou Commons Project is making people aware of the issue through live, multimedia concert presentations; slide show/lecture tours; and CD releases featuring original music and sound recordings of the Arctic.
www.cariboucommons.com

Chinook Institute
The Chinook Institute for Community Stewardship advances education about the sustainable use and management of Western Canada’s natural landscapes, including the ecological and cultural values of these lands; through research, education, and community-based stewardship and conservation projects.
www.sonoran.org/chinook

Ernie’s Earth: Room to Roam
Learn more about the effect of human land uses on species survival through this series of contemporary environmental science videos for school audiences.
www.thirdeyemind.ca/roam.htm

Environment Canada
Environment Canada's mandate is to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, including water, air and soil quality; conserve Canada's renewable resources, including migratory birds and other non-domestic flora and fauna; conserve and protect Canada's water resources; carry out meteorology; enforce the rules made by the Canada - United States International Joint Commission relating to boundary waters; and coordinate environmental policies and programs for the federal government (Department of Environment Act).
www.ec.gc.ca

Federal Provincial Parks Council
The Federal Provincial Parks Council (FPPC) was established as a result of the 1961 Resources for Tomorrow conference which recognized the need for improved dialogue on resources management and the benefits of improved liaison among Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial park agencies. The FPPC site features an extensive selection of reports on parks and protected areas.
www.cd.gov.ab.ca/preserving/parks/fppc/

Forest Ethics
ForestEthics is dedicated to protecting forests by redirecting North American markets towards ecologically sound alternatives.
www.forestethics.org

Government of Yukon, Department of Environment
The Yukon Department of Environment oversees the management and use of Yukon's renewable resources and environment.
www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
IUCN is a unique Union. Its members from some 140 countries include over 70 States, 100 government agencies, and 750-plus NGOs. More than 10,000 internationally-recognised scientists and experts from more than 180 countries volunteer their services to its six global commissions. Its 1000 staff members in offices around the world are working on some 500 projects. For more than 50 years this ‘Green Web’ of partnerships has generated environmental conventions, global standards, scientific knowledge and innovative leadership.
www.iucn.org

Parks Canada
On behalf of the people of Canada, Parks Canada protects and presents nationally significant examples of Canada's natural and cultural heritage and fosters public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations.
www.pc.gc.ca

Sonoran Institute
The Sonoran Institute brings diverse people together to achieve their conservation goals in Western North America, from Mexico to Canada. As a nonprofit organization, the Sonoran Institute has assisted more than 40 communities in Western North America conserve or restore over 220,000 acres of public and private lands, secured more than $207 million in public funds and private grants for local conservation, and established more than a dozen diverse organizations dedicated to local conservation efforts.
www.sonoran.org

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada
Founded in 1967, World Wildlife Fund Canada has become one of the country's leading conservation organizations, enjoying the active support of more than 50,000 Canadians. 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.
www.wwf.ca

World Wilderness Congress
The World Wilderness Congress is the longest-running, public international environmental forum. The WILD Foundation's convening power and credibility on policy issues stem in large part from WWCs, which have provided the best-known and most effective platform for debating and acting on wilderness issues. The next conference will be held in Anchorage, Alaska from September 30th to October 6th, 2005.
www.worldwilderness.org

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y)
Combining science and stewardship, the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative seeks to ensure that the world-renowned wilderness, wildlife, native plants, and natural processes of the Yellowstone to Yukon region continue to function as an interconnected web of life, capable of supporting all of the natural and human communities that reside within it, for now and for future generations.
www.y2y.net

Yukon Conservation Society
The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) was formed in 1968 by a group of concerned Yukoners to promote the conservation ethic in the Yukon and across the north. The YCS mandate is to encourage the conservation of Yukon wilderness, wildlife and natural resources. Over the years, YCS has earned a respected position of influence on environmental policy and educational matters in the North.
www.yukonconservation.org