Nearly a decade ago, Canadian political leaders, environmental activists and Indigenous nations came together to shelter a sprawling 6.4 m-hectare area of trees, sea wolves, salmon and grizzly bears – a project that was named, with some branding acumen, the Great Bear Rainforest. The plan has been hailed as a triumph.
Last week, Indigenous nations in British Columbia were hoping to replicate that success with a new network of protected marine zones called the Great Bear Sea.