International Day for Biological Diversity 2025
Reflecting on how we protect biodiversity and build harmony with nature not just for one day, but every day.
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Indigenous Roundtable gathering in Richmond, May 27-28
The Province of British Columbia has officially reinitiated its consultation process on the Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework and Commercial Bear Viewing Strategy, marking a pivotal moment in advancing collaborative, Indigenous-led grizzly bear stewardship across the province.
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Give your input to DFO on vessel management to protect Southern Residents
Input on recovery of Southern Resident killer whales and potential general vessel management measures for 2025 and 2026.
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Take action: Urge Canada to regulate salmon-killing pollutant, 6PPD
Canada’s draft Priorities Plan is open for public comment until midnight tonight. Take action now. For years it was a mystery – why were coho salmon dying in large numbers as they returned through urban areas on their way to spawn? The phenomenon, observed for decades, became known as “urban run-off mortality syndrome”. Painstaking research…
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Sounding the alarm: The federal draft Ocean Noise Strategy falls short
Why Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy misses the mark.
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BC NGOs head to Seattle for final step in their objection to the MSC certification of southeast Alaska salmon fisheries
Alaska’s fisheries should not be accredited with Marine Stewardship Council’s checkmark of sustainability when these fisheries harm BC’s wild salmon and endangered killer whales.
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The ethics of flying drones over whales
Raincoast uses drones to study killer whale health…and we always put photography ethics, including the well-being of the whales, first.
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Canada has a chance to lead on the world stage with an improved Nature Accountability Act
Bill C-73 is a much-needed piece of legislation that would give the National Biodiversity Strategy legal teeth, and make it enforceable by the courts.
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Take action to request an emergency order for Southern Resident killer whales
With intensifying threats, emergency protections for endangered killer whales are necessary.
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Monitoring salmon in our latest breach in the North Arm Jetty
Master’s research is looking into different life histories of sockeye salmon to better understand the impact of Raincoast’s breaches project.
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Canada’s government needs to use an Emergency Order to prevent extinction of Southern Resident killer whales
In May of 2024, Raincoast, along with five other conservation groups (David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Living Oceans, Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Wildlife Fund Canada) filed a petition with the federal government to implement an emergency order.
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[Not] Living with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Raincoast scientists comment on the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
