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Protecting the Great Bear
27 minutes Posted Feb 16, 2024 at 5:10 am.
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The Great Bear Rainforest on BC’s coast is a spectacular place. Rugged mountains and old growth forests stretch all the way to Alaska. It was here that nearly a decade ago a group of coastal First Nations decided to halt most of the logging in their territories. And in the areas where they did log, they would do it differently. But ten years on the plan hasn’t gone quite as expected… And it’s left the First Nations with a difficult question: can they sustain sustainable logging?