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Conservation updates

2021: Our impact so far

2021 June 302024 July 8

We are already halfway through the year, and I wanted to share with you some of Raincoast’s achievements thus far. This progress relies on donors like you and the entire team at Raincoast sincerely appreciates your support. Here’s a snapshot of Raincoast’s efforts over the past six months.

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Events

Join us for a webinar examining the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing

2021 February 222024 July 8

In this week’s episode of Coastal Insights, join us as we visit with Albert Marshall, the creator of the two-eyed seeing concept, balancing Indigenous knowledge and contemporary science. We will also be joined by Indigenous fisheries scientist, Andrea Jane Reid, as we examine how this concept is being used today.

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Scientific literature

Hunting for status: men trophy hunt as a signal they can absorb the costs

2017 March 282024 July 8

Just days before the controversial trophy hunt of grizzly bears resumes in BC on April 01, science offers new insight into the human super predator…

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Tracking Raincoast

Tracking Raincoast into the Salish Sea

2016 December 312024 July 8

Several years ago, we made the decision to expand our work across the BC coast with a new focus on the Salish Sea…

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In the media

Trophy hunting of cougars may increase cougar-human conflict, study finds

2016 October 252024 July 8

Cougar trophy hunting in B.C. is linked to human conflicts, according to a study published Monday by researchers from the University of Victoria, the University of Cape Town and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation…

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Notes from the field

Three months in the Fraser River estuary

2016 July 92024 July 8

We have been out on the vast flats of the Fraser River estuary with purse seine and beach seine nets to document the arrival and use of different habitats by juvenile salmon.

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Scientific literature

Pacific herring and fisheries management in Canada: a new era or history repeated?

2016 May 92024 July 8

A letter by Raincoast researchers published in Ocean & Coastal Management documents the controversy around the commercial ‘roe herring’ fishery.

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In the media

Humans are a “unique Super-Predator” claims new research

2015 August 212024 July 8

Marc Bekoff/Psychology Today
This morning my email inbox was brimming over with news about an essay published in Science by researchers from UVic and Raincoast…

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In the media

Humans are ‘superpredators’ like no other species

2015 August 202024 July 8

Emily Chung/CBC News
Humans are predators so unique and extreme that they are “superpredators” in a class apart from other carnivores…

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In the media

The human ‘superpredator’ is unique — and unsustainable, study says

2015 August 202024 July 8

Amina Khan/Los Angeles Times
If you’re looking for the world’s top “superpredator,” look no further than your own reflection…

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In the media

Humans are unsustainable super-predators

2015 August 202024 July 8

Randy Shore/Vancouver Sun
Humans have emerged as a unique class of “super-predators,” exploiting other animals in ways seldom seen in the natural world…

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Montage of infographics on the human superpredator.
Scientific literature

The human super predator revealed

2015 August 202024 July 8

A study by Raincoast scientists just released in the journal Science identifies humans as the planet’s super predator…

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