A look back on our impact in 2020
A look back on our impacts in 2020.
Great Bear Rainforest
We are hiring!
Raincoast is hiring for two new positions.
Raincoast Conservation research reached millions in 2020
In 2020, our conservation efforts and research reached millions around the world. And we are looking forward to 2021.
We have big plans and are glad you’re along for the ride. Which aspects of our work are you most excited …
Safeguarding coastal carnivores – Kitlope success
In October of 2020, we reached a significant milestone in our efforts to end all commercial trophy hunting of coastal carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Our successful campaign in the Kitlope
On Oct 28th, 2020, we were successful in raising funds to stop trophy hunting in the Kitlope.
Spirit bear tenure
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011.
BearID
BearID detects a bear’s face in an image and classifies the individual.
Ongoing ACS Lab research on human activity impact on grizzly bear behaviour
The Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab at the University Of Victoria has completed its second year of research to study how varying human activity may affect grizzly bear behaviour ...
Raincoast reaches Kitlope fundraising goal
Congratulations on helping us reach our fundraising goal for the Kitlope tenure.
Help us purchase the Kitlope hunting tenure
Two generous donors have confirmed that they will match half of the remaining funds, for our last $100,000.
Protecting the Kitlope
We are so close to raising the funds needed to purchase the Kitlope commercial hunting tenure.
Safeguard Coastal Carnivores
Working with our First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
$550,000 of $650,000
Permanent end to commercial trophy hunting
Purchasing the remaining commercial tenures in the …
Help us reach our goal to purchase Kitlope tenure
We are approaching the home stretch of ending commercial trophy hunting in the 5,300 km2 Kitlope hunting tenure.
Help end trophy hunting of large coastal carnivores
Raincoast's campiagn Protecting the Kitlope needs your help.
A permanent end to commercial trophy hunting
With our First Nations partners we are working to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
33500 square kilometres and more to go
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
End commercial hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest
We buy the rights to shoot wildlife - and then we don’t shoot the wildlife.
New research shows rare Spirit bear needs more protection
The research paper helps to inform land use planning, which could include increased protection for Spirit bears in the form of Indigenous Protected Areas.
Doug Neasloss talks about new research on Spirit bears on CBC As It Happens
Doug Neasloss, Resource Stewardship Director for the Kitasoo/Xai’xais Nation and co- author of the study, did an interview on CBC As It Happens. Listen here.
Thanks to everyone who made our first season of Coastal Insight a success
We just wrapped up our 11th episode of Coastal Insights, a live and interactive online learning program.
New study published on Spirit bears
New research has identified that the small genetic change responsible for Spirit bears – a rare, white-coated form of black bears – is up to 50% rarer in the Great Bear Rainforest than previously estimated.
Raincoast presents webinar on ethical wildlife photography
Next week’s Coastal Insights Education program is focused on ethical wildlife photography
Protecting the Kitlope
We are working to protect British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from commercial trophy hunting.
Consilience – Braiding Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Science S1 E7
Consilience is defined as a context in which independent lines of evidence arrive at the same conclusion.
