5-506: Nature Canada is a member-based environmental organization headquartered in Ottawa , Ontario. Its supporters include more than 100,000 individuals and over 800 affiliated organizations, including local and provincial naturalist clubs . The organization's mission is to “protect and conserve wildlife and habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature.” Their conservation work
10-403: A magazine, Canadian Nature , however it discontinued publication in 2004, after 65 years. The organization produced the television show Audubon Wildlife Theatre . The organization produces teacher guides, technical reports, media releases, brochures, information packages and an e-newsletter. Environmental organization An environmental organization is an organization coming out of
15-511: Is based predominantly on community-based efforts to protect animals, plants and habitat, lobbying for legislation at the federal level to protect endangered species and habitats, and working as a Canadian co-partner for BirdLife International 's Important Bird Area (IBA) program. Nature Canada traces its roots back to September 30, 1939, when Reginald Whittemore launched the magazine Canadian Nature in honour of his late wife, Mabel Frances Whittemore. The organization claims this makes Nature Canada
20-747: The conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces . In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment . The organization may be a charity , a trust , a non-governmental organization , a governmental organization or an intergovernmental organization . Environmental organizations can be global, national , regional or local. Some environmental issues that environmental organizations focus on include pollution , plastic pollution , waste , resource depletion , human overpopulation and climate change . Many states have agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting
25-730: The oldest national nature conservation charity in Canada, however Ducks Unlimited Canada was founded two years earlier in 1937 In 1948, the organization established itself as the Audubon Society of Canada . In 1971, the Audubon Society of Canada expanded its mandate beyond bird conservation and re-established itself as the Canadian Nature Federation (CNF) . In 2004, the CNF changed its name to simply Nature Canada . Nature Canada's work focuses on: Nature Canada formerly published
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