Clayoquot Sound . . . Keep it Wild!
The health of the global environment depends on intact ecosystems. It is our responsibility to act as peaceful and courageous advocates for marine and terrestrial life in Clayoquot Sound. »Read More
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In the two decades since record protests led to decreased logging in Clayoquot Sound . . . »Read More
Twenty years ago Clayoquot Sound was the site of major industrial logging. That declined significantly after the 1993 Clayoquot Summer protests. However, the cutting of ancient rainforests has never stopped. The rate of cut dropped to an all-time low in 1998, but since then it has crept upwards again.
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Comment: 1993’s Clayoquot Summer was a game-changer
Twenty years ago today, about 30 residents of Tofino were driving up and down the highway by Long Beach, communicating via handheld radios, tracking a helicopter carrying B.C.’s premier of …
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Clayoquot has one of the densest concentrations of open net-cage salmon farms (feedlots) on the BC coast, with 21 sites. In late 2012, Mainstream Canada, a Norwegian-owned company, sited its new Atlantic salmon feedlot near Plover Point, along the shore of Meares Island Tribal Park.
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Media release: new salmon farm
Controversial new feedlot starts up Plover Point stocks Atlantic salmon 26 March 2013 — Tofino BC — Mainstream Canada, a subsidiary of Norwegian-owned Cermaq, has begun farming Atlantic salmon at …
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Globally, many of the world’s high-grade ore deposits have been mined out, while commodity prices of gold and copper have risen to record highs. These factors have led mining companies from around the world to target low-grade deposits, such as are found here in Clayoquot Sound.
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BC mining reform: NGOs release “Top 40″ list
MiningWatch Canada, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, David Suzuki Foundation and Rivers Without Borders have released a list of Top 40 Mining Reforms urgently needed in BC in order to limit …
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