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Special report

Great Bear Rainforest

An epic story of collaboration between government, First Nations, environmentalists, and industry to save one of the world's largest temperate coastal rainforests. In collaboration with Teck, Inc. Tides Canada and Vancity.

14 Articles

Best practices from the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement

In the conclusion to our 25-part series on the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement, we explore what can be learned from British Columbia's historic achievement.
Great Bear Rainforest
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  • Canada's National Observer
  • Analysis
  • Energy
  • Politics
January 4th 2017
Spirit Bear, Elizabeth McSheffrey, Great Bear Rainforest

Great Bear Rainforest project earns environmental group $100,000 U.S. award

Three groups that were once labelled enemies of the province by a British Columbia premier have been given an international award for their work in helping to protect the Great Bear Rainforest.
Great Bear Rainforest
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  • The Canadian Press
  • News
October 5th 2016
Great bear Rainforest, humpback whale, fluke, Great Bear Sea, Elizabeth McSheffrey

Gitga'at First Nation and WWF partner up for marine protection

Two conservation powerhouses formalize a partnership to protect marine life in British Columbia and promote sustainable economic prosperity along the northern Pacific coast.
Great Bear Rainforest
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  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
October 4th 2016
Caroline Fox, Great Bear Rainforest, bull kelp, marine conservation

Drones, bull kelp, birds: the highly unusual life of the fantastic Dr. Fox

I promise you she talks about bull kelp with the same amount of passion she uses to talk about killer whales mauling sea lions.
Great Bear Rainforest
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  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • Analysis
  • Energy
October 2nd 2016
grizzly bear, Great Bear Rainforest, conservation, British Columbia, cub of the year

Conservationists announce new protected areas for Great Bear Rainforest

The Nature Conservancy now owns four chunks of land in B.C.'s magnificent Great Bear Rainforest, and has promised they will never be cut down.
Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
September 15th 2016

Here's a visionary who'd rather invest in First Nations and rainforests than Ferraris

Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Jenny Uechi
  • Chris Hatch
  • News
June 24th 2016

A relationship with whales in the Great Bear Sea

Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Darcy Dobell
  • News
April 8th 2016
Great Bear Rainforest, lungs of the Earth, Andrew S. Wright, coastal temperate rainforest

Key architects of Great Bear Rainforest agreement reflect on its lasting impact

The Great Bear Rainforest is now protected, but the threats of climate change and pipeline development still loom in the region.
Great Bear Rainforest
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  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
March 7th 2016
Doug Neasloss, Spirit Bear Lodge, Kitasoo Band, Kitasoo/Xai'xai, Klemtu, Great Bear Rainforest, trophy hunt, spirit bear

How coastal First Nations fared in the Great Bear Rainforest agreement

Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
February 25th 2016
Jody Holmes, Rainforest Solutions Project, Great Bear Rainforest,

The rainforest negotiator

One woman's fight to save the largest coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth.
Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
February 12th 2016
German Pulp and Paper Association, Greenpeace protest, Great Bear Rainforest, B.C. forestry

From conflict to collaboration in the Great Bear Rainforest

A storm of activism took German pulp and paper companies by surprise.
Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
February 2nd 2016
spirit bear, Kermode bear, Great Bear Rainforest

After 20 years, Great Bear Rainforest protected at last

Stakeholders, First Nations, and politicians have laid down their arms for good after 20 years of negotiation.
Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
February 1st 2016

Premier Clark to announce completion of Great Bear Rainforest agreements this morning

Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Linda Solomon Wood
  • News
February 1st 2016

The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's gift to the world

A six-part Special Report begins next week on achieving the impossible.
Great Bear Rainforest
By
  • Linda Solomon Wood
  • Chris Hatch
  • News
January 27th 2016

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