Joshua Ostroff

Posts count: 42

Killer whale jumping out of the water in BC

Q&A: The UN COP15 summit needs to be a leap forward for nature

Once a decade, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) gather to negotiate the next ten years of nature protections. CBD COP15, the UN biodiversity summit in Montreal from Dec. 7 – 19,... Read More
Once a decade, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) gather to negotiate the next ten years of...
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Burned trees from a wildfire in BC

The Reforesting of Elephant Hill

One of our most significant ongoing projects is the reforesting of Elephant Hill, a nearly 200,000-hectare area of Secwépemc territory near Kamloops, B.C. that burned for three months during the province’s worst-ever wildfire season in 2017.... Read More
One of our most significant ongoing projects is the reforesting of Elephant Hill, a nearly 200,000-hectare area of Secwépemc territory near...
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Launch of Mapping Canada's Carbon Landscapes study at COP26

The need for climate ambition at COP27 is heating up

The last seven years have been the seven hottest in recorded history, marked by deadly heat waves, droughts, superstorms and flooding around the world. It has also been seven years since the 2015 UN climate... Read More
The last seven years have been the seven hottest in recorded history, marked by deadly heat waves, droughts, superstorms...
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Beyond Targets: Spotlight on Aqviqtuuq Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area

WWF-Canada’s Beyond Targets report proposes a new model for protected and conserved area establishment in Canada — one that prioritizes the advancement of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Indigenous rights and title,... Read More
WWF-Canada’s Beyond Targets report proposes a new model for protected and conserved area establishment in Canada — one that...
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Male narwhals caress one another with their tusks in Nunavut, Canada.

Double, trouble: The danger of Baffinland’s expansion plans

UPDATE: On May 13, 2022, the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) issued a 441-page report recommending that Baffinland’s proposal not go ahead because the expansion would have “significant adverse effects” on wildlife and Inuit... Read More
UPDATE: On May 13, 2022, the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) issued a 441-page report recommending that Baffinland’s proposal...
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Looking up at western toad tadpoles, Anaxyrus boreas, swimming in a school though masses of water shield plants.

5 things to give you hope in 2022

We’re now a month into 2022 and, once again, it hasn’t been the fresh start we all would’ve liked. If you’re feeling pessimistic about the state of things, be it the pandemic or the... Read More
We’re now a month into 2022 and, once again, it hasn’t been the fresh start we all would’ve liked....
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