Published on 2012 02 11 | by Raincoast | in Events
Join Raincoast for a discussion of Enbridge’s highly misleading and selective information that was used as the basis for dismissing the real risk from oil tankers on the BC coast…
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Published on 2010 04 01 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Island Tides, Apr 1, 2010 Chris Genovali, Paul Paquet and Misty MacDuffee In this part of the world March 24 will, to borrow a phrase from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, live in infamy; it’s the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster that took place in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989.
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Published on 2010 03 24 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Conservation group states case against pipeline, coastal shipping Calgary Herald By Judith Lavoie, March 24, 2010 VICTORIA — Whales, wolves, bears and birds would be devastated by an oil spill in the waters off Vancouver’s coast, says an extensive new study released a day before the anniversary of one of the world’s most devastating human-caused […]
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Published on 2009 12 08 | by Raincoast | in For the coast, In the News
Climate change is real and demands a concerted effort Vancouver Sun Climategate’s a convenient sideshow to the real issue Victoria News Climategate a convenient sideshow Ottawa Citizen Climategate is first in a new wave of attacks The Ecologist Hopenhagen or Dopenhagen? Common Dreams, Georgia Strait, Climate change policy in the dark Toronto Star Now the […]
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Published on 2009 07 22 | by Raincoast | in Reports & Books
BC’s unique coastal wolves grace the cover of the Journal of Biogeography. The current issue features work by Raincoast scientists that concludes BC coastal wolves should be considered a distinct management unit (ESU) that warrant conservation. Journal of Biogeography Volume 36, Issue 8, 2009.
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Published on 2009 05 10 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature
Darimont, C.T., P.C. Paquet, and T.E. Reimchen. 2009. Landscape heterogeneity and marine subsidy generate extensive niche variation in a terrestrial carnivore. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 126-133 Diversity in wolves pdf
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Published on 2009 05 03 | by Raincoast | in In the News
by Elinor Mills May 1, 2009 http://news.cnet.com Conservation groups want eBay to ban auctions where people pay thousands of dollars to trophy hunters to kill leopards, lions, bears and other predators.
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Published on | by Raincoast | in In the News
Conservationists vow to continue campaign to stop postings of hunts Judith Lavoie Times-Colonist May 2, 2009 eBay is not ready to ban sales of trophy hunts on its popular buy-and-sell website, despite pressure from environmental groups. The Raincoast Conservation Foundation, based on Vancouver Island, has been a leader of the campaign to stop eBay
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Published on 2009 04 18 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Chris Genovali Island Tides April 9, 2009 I’m on my back on the aft deck of Raincoast’s research vessel. My repose is involuntary as we ply the lumpy waters of Haida Gwaii’s west coast. Not one prone to sea-sickness, I nevertheless feel like my head is virtually nailed down, a result of the interminable chop.
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Published on 2009 04 08 | by Raincoast | in Events
Join Raincoast and the Victoria Children’s choir on this musical journey into a whale’s ocean world Friday, May 8 7:00 pm Saturday, May 9 7:00 pm Alex Goolden Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria BC Tickets: $15.00 at Long & McQuade, Ivy’s Bookshop, Larsen Music, Cadboro Bay Book Co. For more […]
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Published on 2009 04 06 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Chris Genovali Georgia Strait March 31, 2009 I went “undercover” once with a European television producer to the workshop of a taxidermist-cum-trophy hunter on Vancouver Island. The producer and I had just spent
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Published on 2009 03 13 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Globe and Mail Chris Darimont, Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet March 13, 2009 Where does biodiversity come from and how can we preserve it? These are fundamental questions the answers to which conservation scientists now seek at a frenetic pace.
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