Help Wilderness Committee speak up for wildlife at COP15!
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We’re at COP for biodiversity protection now!
Hi Paov,
You might be wondering what COP15 is and why it’s all over the news. Canada is currently hosting the largest biodiversity conference in the world. The United Nations conference on biodiversity is a make or break change for governments worldwide to agree on commitments to safeguard life-giving biodiversity.
It’s no small feat and it’s safe to say there’s a lot at stake — literally billions of lives.
Wilderness Committee is on the ground to push for meaningful action here in Canada. This is our chance right now with the world watching to break past Canada’s greenwashing and transform platitudes into real action. We can use this global conference to hold Canada accountable.
Will you help fund the work of three of our best experts and communicators at COP15?
Charlotte Dawe is our conservation and policy campaigner and a tireless fighter for all things that walk, crawl, swim or fly over the surface of this planet. Her recent work to commission scientific reviews of endangered species policies in BC and Canada has garnered national media coverage and she has emerged as a key voice holding provincial and federal leaders accountable on their promises.
Katie Krelove is our Ontario campaigner on the ground in the most populous province. She draws attention to rare old-growth forests and charismatic species, and speaks out against the draconian environmental policies and cuts by the Doug Ford government.
Alex Hsuan Tsui is our multimedia communications lead. An in-house master story-teller, he makes sure all our written pieces hit home and produces photo and video that bring wild creatures and places right into people’s homes.
Charlotte, Katie and Alex are on the conference floor at COP15, highlighting the science and amplifying the voices of Indigenous leaders pushing for conservation. They’re spearheading the call out of greenwashing given a stage at COP15, creating networks, and making space for the people and communities who need it.The team has already pulled off a successful panel featuring Indigenous voices. The event highlighted Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and how both the provincial and federal governments are slow to get on board with them despite numerous Indigenous Nations wanting to move forward with their protected area proposals.
COP15 is being billed as a make-or-break moment in the biodiversity crisis. It will have huge implications for our decades-long battle to win protection for endangered species and their habitats.I’m resting easy because our team is there, pushing for the change we need and keeping us all informed on progress and developments. I’ll pitch in to push for change at COP15 We’re thrilled that Charlotte, Katie and Alex are on the ground at this conference today. I know it will be well worth it — please pitch in and help support their work!
Sincerely,
Torrance Coste
National Campaign Director
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