West Coast Environmental Law
Transforming the legal landscape. We’re a non-profit org safeguarding the environment with legal strategies that bridge Indigenous and Canadian law. Since 1974 🌱 Visit: wcel.org
- How does respect for #IndigenousRights relate to the economy? Tahltan Elder & Mineral Explorationist Ma-Lah Allen Edzerza explains how building trusting, respectful relationships w/ First Nations creates the certainty companies need to finance projects and move them forward. Check out the interview⬇️
- Ecosystem accounting captures the often ignored perks oceans provide—such as clean water, wildlife, and climate benefits—alongside revenue from traditional industries like fishing. According to Statistics Canada, ocean and coastal ecosystems generated at least $7.1 billion in benefits in 2023.
- Win for BC #WildSalmon👏 New court ruling upholds Ottawa's phaseout of open-net salmon farms in the Discovery Islands—helping to protect wild salmon from disease in one of their most vulnerable migration routes. “When science & the law align, wild salmon can have a real fighting chance at recovery.”
- “ #WorldWetlandsDay, marked each year on Feb. 2, is a timely reminder that #wetlands are not just 'ecological decoration.' They are essential infrastructure that protects communities in Ontario and across Canada from the growing threat of flooding..."
- "The benefits of wetlands extend well beyond flood mitigation. For just two services—water filtration and net carbon sequestration—the estimated annual benefit of Canadian wetlands reaches $225B. Yet despite their enormous economic, environmental and social value, wetlands continue to disappear.”
