Took part for the second year in the annual World Wildlife Fund CN Tower Climb last weekend. Amazingly, this years climb raised over $ 1.1 million dollars with 6200 people participating over two separate events - team and individual. It is extremely well organised, and the more I find out about the organisation here in Canada, the more impressive it becomes. WWF - Canada really does some superb work, and further details can be found in last years Annual Report at http://assets.wwf.ca/downloads/wwfcanada_annualreport2008.pdf. As an example during 2008, and after probably 10 years of negotiation, WWF-Canada was a part of historical agreements with NAFO, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation. Agreements were signed committing to a cod recovery plan, as well as banning bottom fishing on the southwest slope of the Grand Banks in order to protect cold water corals. Some real achievements being made amongst a very sad state globally on the destruction of wildlife and the environment. Included in the details is that the efforts not only benefit the marine environment, but also the people and communities dependant on what used to be one of the richest fishing areas in the world. New breakthroughs in net design reduce the bycatch, and add to the efficiency of the shipping crews.