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.
Raincoast’s five year collection of genetic samples illuminates patterns of migration and reliance on estuary habitats.
We have ethical responsibilities to targeted species and to biodiversity, and we need to consider the well-being of both.
The study found that log booms impact physical habitat, water quality, and invertebrates in the lower Fraser River and Estuary.
Raincoast uses drones to study killer whale health…and we always put photography ethics, including the well-being of the whales, first.
Framing the issues of climate change and biodiversity loss in an urban context.
Raincoast’s Fraser Estuary Research and Restoration Program has been developing plans for future habitat restoration projects.
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.
The research found that bears can avoid ecotourists and take multiple weeks after encounters to return to their baseline activity levels. This new information can help fine-tune bear management and sustainable business practices.
Marlie has joined the Raincoast team to assist with Development.
With intensifying threats, emergency protections for endangered killer whales are necessary.
The final 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy addresses biodiversity-harming subsidies and promises an adaptive management approach, but lacks a clear plan on how it will be implemented.