Promoting Global Conservation

Most of us connect nature with outdoor activities, but our natural surroundings provide much more than a simple place to camp, hike and swim. The trees, plants and animals provide services essential to all life - collectively they clean the water, purify the air and maintain the soil.

What happens in one region of the planet affects all others. As dust from the Sahara desert drifts far away to the Americas, the water cycle in Amazonian rainforests impacts weather patterns in Europe.

Human development is disrupting these complex and essential natural systems with devastating impacts: plant and wildlife extinctions, deforestation, air and water pollution, climate change, and desertification.

Reversing this trend is possible, but it will require a unified effort.

There are far too many endangered species in Canada and around the world.

Whether it’s scrutinizing Canada’s federal Species at Risk Act, strengthening endangered species laws in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, or developing conservation plans with scientists and communities in Tibet, the David Suzuki Foundation is working hard to protect this beautiful planet and our fragile place in it.

New findings by the David Suzuki Foundation reveal that polar bears are without basic protections through most of Canada.

Only 5% of British Columbia's 1,400 endangered species have any legal protections. Lindsay Coulter, the David Suzuki Foundation's conservation policy analyst, is traveling the province to discuss why. 
Click here to find when she's coming to a place near you.

--Protecting Endangered Species

--Forests and Wildlands

--Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Conserving Forests