The Environmental Law Centre–in collaboration with the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network, a project of the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative–has developed a tool to help First Nations better protect the environment in their territories. Environmental Laws: A Field Guide >
Environmental Laws: A Field Guide for BC’s North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii Developed in collaboration with the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network, a project of the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, this field guide summarizes techniques that First >
January 13, 2011 In this report prepared for Living Oceans Society, ELC student Matt Boulton examines the potential financial liability Canadian taxpayers could face if there were a catastrophic oil tanker spill in the coastal waters of British Columbia’s north >
A report for Lifeforce Foundation on protecting Orca from boat traffic.
December 22, 2010 ELC student Rose Keates has prepared a report for Lifeforce Foundation on protecting Orca from boat traffic. Click here to read the report, which provides 17 recommendations. Read the Vancouver Sun op-ed by Rose and ELC Legal >
Do you know how many fish sports fisherman are taking from BC waters? Neither does the government, according to the ELC report “Why is BCs Fish Resource Slipping through Cracks in the Regulatory System?” Written for a First Nations client >
Paper canvassing all the coastal jurisdictions of North America to determine the best fish catch monitoring practice.
In this report prepared for Living Oceans Society, ELC student Matt Boulton examines the potential financial liability Canadian taxpayers could face if there were a catastrophic oil tanker spill in the coastal waters of British Columbia’s north coast.
Submission to the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture. For more information, click here.
The Environmental Law Clinic has provided both legal representation and other legal services to the BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission on the issue of Offshore Oil and Gas Development. During the Environmental Assessment hearings considering whether Canada should lift the moratorium >