Josh Ostroff

Joshua Ostroff

Posts count: 50

Two fin whales swimming in green ocean waters

Fatal ship-strike risk from LNG tankers threatens great whales in BC’s Great Bear Sea

July 29, 2025

On the cusp of Canada Day under cover of darkness, liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers began crossing the Great Bear Sea on B.C.’s North Coast before navigating the long and winding Kitimat fjord system... Read More

On the cusp of Canada Day under cover of darkness, liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers began crossing the Great...
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How we’re helping conserve polar bears, the Arctic’s apex predator

June 26, 2025

Known as nanuq in Inuktitut, around 16,000 polar bears live, breed and rule the sea ice as apex predators in the Canadian Arctic — primarily across Nunavut’s two million square kilometres — with subpopulations... Read More

Known as nanuq in Inuktitut, around 16,000 polar bears live, breed and rule the sea ice as apex predators...
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The smart economics of voting to protect our environment

April 17, 2025

Monday’s election arrives at a particularly uncertain moment in Canadian history, amid the ongoing domestic and international instability that has defined recent days, months and years. While our economy and sovereignty are currently under... Read More

Monday’s election arrives at a particularly uncertain moment in Canadian history, amid the ongoing domestic and international instability that...
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Inuit women-led expedition help Netsilikmiut share knowledge

January 30, 2025

By Emina Ida and Joshua Ostroff Known as Netsilikmiut, the people of the ringed seal, Inuit inhabiting Nunavut’s Eastern Kitikmeot region share deep family ties going back generations, long before colonization. And as work... Read More

By Emina Ida and Joshua Ostroff Known as Netsilikmiut, the people of the ringed seal, Inuit inhabiting Nunavut’s Eastern...
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The wins in our sails: WWF-Canada looks back at 2024

December 23, 2024

We have reached the end of another hot one — in fact, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year ever, narrowly beating last year’s record and further cementing the past decade as... Read More

We have reached the end of another hot one — in fact, 2024 is on track to be the...
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Inuit communities connect to conserve

December 11, 2024

Talking to neighbours in person has always been the best way to learn and find common ground. But while just as true for neighbouring communities, it’s much harder when it’s 25 Nunavut communities spread... Read More

Talking to neighbours in person has always been the best way to learn and find common ground. But while...
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COP16 comes together for Indigenous Peoples, falls apart on nature funding

November 6, 2024

By Tina Knezevic and Joshua Ostroff Two weeks of intense negotiations at the UN biodiversity summit COP16 in Cali, Colombia delivered mixed results, with important progress made to give Indigenous Peoples a permanent seat... Read More

By Tina Knezevic and Joshua Ostroff Two weeks of intense negotiations at the UN biodiversity summit COP16 in Cali,...
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Kermode bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada

COP16: How the world plans to halt and reverse biodiversity loss (and how we plan to ensure they do)

October 21, 2024

Remember COP15, the landmark UN biodiversity summit in Montreal a couple winters back? That December 2022 international meeting, relocated from China due to the pandemic, resulted in the dramatic late-night signing of the Kunming-Montreal... Read More

Remember COP15, the landmark UN biodiversity summit in Montreal a couple winters back? That December 2022 international meeting, relocated...
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Humpback whale tail visible from the water.

Canadian environmental groups call for ambitious global and national action to save nature before it’s too late

December 2, 2022

“The dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change are locked into accelerating feedback loops, and one of the best ways to break that cycle is by reversing nature loss.” Read More

“The dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change are locked into accelerating feedback loops, and one of the...
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State of emergency: Will a new ruling on spotted owls force Canada to protect endangered orcas?

June 28, 2024

“Either the threats are imminent or not. Either the threats concern the survival or recovery of the species, or they do not,” Justice Yvan Roy wrote in his ruling against the federal government for... Read More

“Either the threats are imminent or not. Either the threats concern the survival or recovery of the species, or...
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Woman in a pink shirt at the CN Tower Climb finish line

‘It’s hard to have a dry eye’: Megan Leslie celebrates WWF’s Climb for Nature

April 30, 2024

Our 32nd annual WWF Climb for Nature on April 21 and 22 was a wild success. More than 5,500 climbers conquered the CN Tower and our record books as they raised $1.53 million for conservation... Read More

Our 32nd annual WWF Climb for Nature on April 21 and 22 was a wild success. More than 5,500 climbers...
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A photo of a marshland forest in the sunshine taken from above by a drone

Forest for the trees: WWF-Canada’s year in conservation

December 18, 2023

Year in Review 2023 began with the promise of progress. The Global Biodiversity Framework had just been signed at COP15 in Montreal, setting humanity on a mission to protect and restore a third of planet before... Read More

Year in Review 2023 began with the promise of progress. The Global Biodiversity Framework had just been signed at...
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