by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
The Liberal Party’s campaign platform said a re-elected Trudeau government “will work with the province to develop a responsible plan to transition from open net pen salmon farming in coastal waters to closed containment systems by 2025.” But when Prime Minister...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Defend Wild Salmon, FOCS in the Media, General News
At just 1% of their historic abundance, wild salmon are in a state of emergency in Clayoquot Sound. Local salmon stocks have drastically declined in recent years. Watersheds that once supported returns of over 40,000 salmon annually have decreased to roughly 2,000...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, Indigenous Solidarity
Old growth forests are non-renewable. This is why Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Greenpeace, Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club, and Stand (formerly Forest Ethics) formed the Clayoquot Sound Conservation Alliance (CSCA) in 2006 to support discussions with regional First...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Clayoquot Mining Ban
Last summer as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a taxpayer-funded luxury vacation in Tofino, the deadline for the Government of Canada to charge Imperial Metals for the 2014 Mount Polley Mine disaster passed. With no charges, fines or penalties, a signal was sent...
by German Ocampo | Jun 19, 2020 | Climate Action Now, General News
In April, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), published an article placing responsibility for COVID-19 squarely on our shoulders. “There is a single species that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic – us....
