Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Conservation Areas"

A Kermode bear, also known as the Spirit Bear, fishes in the Riordan River on Gribbell Island in the Great Bear Rainforest, B.C. Wednesday, Sept, 18, 2013. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is working with 17 First Nations in British Columbia as well as the provincial government to expand protection for marine ecosystems off...

Indigenous Marine Protected and Conserved Areas hold a key to food security and balancing ecological and economic priorities. Part one of two. Michelle Gamage YesterdayThe Tyee Michelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. Previously, she covered climate and environment for The Tyee as a freelance journalist. The Tyee: The spring herring spawn is unfolding in Kitasu...

In a race to conserve the largest intact, unprotected watershed in southern B.C., the Simpcw First Nation unilaterally declared the creation of a new protected area under Indigenous law — a move that could put an end to logging plans The Narwhal: PUBLISHED BY Sarah Cox Sarah Cox is an award-winning journalist and author based in...