Canadian Wildlife Federation: CCC Participant Silvana Botros

Q & A
Silvana Botros

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Hometown:: Ottawa, Ontario
What conservation issue is closest to your heart?: I’m very interested in the impacts of habitat fragmentation on species at risk, particularly in more vulnerable areas like forests, coasts and the North. I am also interested in any issues surrounding protected areas and species at risk, in particular woodland caribou, cetaceans, and birds.
What are you hoping to learn from CCC?: I have no expectations aside from learning a lot, challenging myself and meeting new people who are equally excited about the earth. I life to take each day as it comes.
Who/what inspired you to care about conservation?: I’ve always been a person who loves science and being outside in any capacity which was a huge inspiration to study physical geography and biology. Another thing that greatly impacted my passion for conservation was my summer job of tree planting in Northern Alberta.
If you could sit down with anyone in the world and have tea or coffee, who would it be? And why?: Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring. She was a distrupter and spearheaded the modern environmental movement.

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