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Protecting the Coast and Ocean: A Guide to Marine Conservation Law in British Columbia
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Linda Nowlan, Georgia Lloyd-Smith, Deborah Carlson & Michael Bissonnette
Publication Date: June 2023
Pages: 300
Topics: Marine Protection, Coastal and Ocean Laws
WCEL Submission on the Policy Intentions Paper for a Coastal Marine Strategy for British Columbia
Author: Michael Bissonnette, Staff Lawyer, Erin Gray, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: April 2023
Pages: 10
Topics:
WCEL Submission to DFO's Ecologically Significant Areas Draft National Framework
Author: Stephanie Hewson – Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: January 2023
Pages: 4
Topics: fish, fish habitat, ecologically sensitive areas
WCEL Submission Regarding Cumulative Effects on Fish and Fish Habitat
Author: Deborah Carlson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: December 2022
Pages: 8
Topics: Fisheries Act, Fish Habitat, Cumulative Effects
Pollution in Paradise: Dumping by Ships in Canada's Marine Protected Areas
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: August 2022
Pages: 16
Topics: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), ocean dumping, vessel pollution
Call for action to deliver on election promises to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: November 2021
Pages: 15
Topics: Biodiversity, Indigenous-led conservation, environmental justice
WCEL Submission on Bill C-230: An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association
Publication Date: April 2021
Pages: 4
Topics: Environmental Racism, Bill C-230
Indigenous Laws in the Context of Conservation
Author: Georgia Lloyd-Smith, WCEL, Larry Innes, Olthuis Kleer Townshend, Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership - University of Guelph
Publication Date: March 2021
Pages: 36
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs
Reducing Impacts from Shipping in Marine Protected Areas: A Toolkit for Canada
Author: West Coast Environmental Law, WWF Canada, East Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: February 2021
Pages:
Topics: Marine Protected Areas, Shipping
Regulating the West Coast Cruise Industry: Canada at the Low Water Mark
Author: West Coast Environmental Law, Stand.earth
Publication Date: February 2021
Pages: 35
Topics: Cruise Ship Pollution, Marine Law