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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Join us on Pender Island to discuss culture, genes, conservation, and the future of Southern Resident killer whales
Join Raincoast scientists, Dr. Valeria Vergara, Misty MacDuffee and Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, for Below the surface: Culture, genes, conservation, and the future of Southern Resident killer whales.
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Land protection in some of Canada’s most threatened terrestrial habitats
Raincoast established the Forest Conservation Program (formerly known as the Gulf Islands Forest Project) in 2019 with the intention of exploring pathways to strengthen protection of the rare and threatened habitats characteristic to the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) zone, particularly on the Gulf Islands. However, land in this region is disproportionately under private ownership, unlike the…
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We did it! KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been protected!
KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest has been secured as an essential piece of a larger nature corridor.
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Over $2 million has been raised to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
It has been less than a year since we launched our campaign to permanently protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest and together we have already raised over $2 million.
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All we want for the holidays is a belted kingfisher in a fir tree!
As we move into the last thirty days of our collaborative campaign to purchase and protect this 45 acre forest, we are reflecting on all of the reasons why conserving this habitat and others like it is so important.
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This giving season, Raincoast offers you two opportunities to double the impact of your donations!
To celebrate the end of the year, we are so happy to be able to offer matching campaigns on two of our most urgent fundraising initiatives.
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The story behind our campaign to protect KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest
With an approved development plan in place, a road already built, and 15 wells drilled, the “Harbour Hill Subdivision” would have soon claimed this piece of maturing coastal forest and wetland that had so far managed to escape development.
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A chance to double your donation to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest!
We are thrilled to announce a donation matching campaign to support the purchase and permanent protection of KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest.
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Celebrating the success of the first annual EcoFair
EcoFair provided opportunities for land based education.
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Entering the homestretch of the KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign
Over the past ten months, Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy have raised $1,445,656.46 to protect this special place and secure, in perpetuity, an old growth forest.
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Trees to Seas EcoExpo and Conservation Conversations
Unlike industry-led expos, which generally feature products and business pitches, EcoExpo will be a chance to interact with conservation leaders from across the Salish Sea Region.
