Joshua Ostroff

Posts count: 43

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Elbows up for nature: The smart economics of voting to protect our environment

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 communities connect to conserve

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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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) 

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

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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Ten wildest facts about walrus

The Arctic has its fair share of amazing animals. There’s the fierce and majestic polar bear, the clever and crafty Arctic fox and, of course, the sleek and magical narwhal. Then there’s the walrus.... Read More
The Arctic has its fair share of amazing animals. There’s the fierce and majestic polar bear, the clever and...
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Katzie First Nation man standing in a green forest

Red means go: Katzie councillor Rick Bailey on Red Slough, restoring salmon habitat and Indigenous leadership

In late August, Katzie First Nation band councillor, Rick Bailey, and a literal boatload of restoration workers, funders and WWF staffers headed upriver and down forest service roads in traditional Katzie territory to review... Read More
In late August, Katzie First Nation band councillor, Rick Bailey, and a literal boatload of restoration workers, funders and...
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Inuit man standing behind a podium with a WWF panda logo on it

‘We survived off our resources for millennia’: Paul Okalik, WWF-Canada’s lead Arctic specialist

During last month’s COP15 biodiversity summit, WWF-Canada’s lead Arctic specialist, Paul Okalik, moderated an Arctic marine conservation panel with guest speakers hailing from Alaska to Nunavut. Before returning home to Iqaluit, Paul spoke to... Read More
During last month’s COP15 biodiversity summit, WWF-Canada’s lead Arctic specialist, Paul Okalik, moderated an Arctic marine conservation panel with...
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