Books, Films, And Research Papers

In 1997, the 'Great Bear Rainforest: Canada’s Forgotten Coast' offered the world its first view of this remarkable but long overlooked region. Since then, many inspiring books and films have been published.

The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.

Books

The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
This Place Is Who We Are: Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience and Connection to Homelands
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Tracking the Great Bear - How Environmentalists Recreated British Columbia's Coastal Rainforest
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
North Pacific Temperate Rainforests - Ecology and Conservation
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Ground Truthing - Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC's North Coast
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
The Last Great Sea
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Canada’s Raincoast At Risk - Art for an Oil-Free Coast
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Alliances: Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships

Films

The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Keepers of the Land
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
National Geographic - Searching for the Spirit Bear
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Survival Prayer - A film celebrating the lifeways of the Haida
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Bear Witness - A film by the Central Coast First Nations Bear Working Group
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
National Film Board of Canada - Bill Reid Documentary
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Haida Gwaii – On the Edge of the World
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
CBC - Wild Canada
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
BBC - Nature’s Great Events
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Patagonia and Raincoast Conservation Foundation: Groundswell – A Small Film about Making a Big Stand
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Stand – A Surf and SUP Film about a Threatened Coast
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
International League of Conservation Photographers: Spoil - The fight to save the Great Bear
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Sitka and Pacific Wild: The Fortune Wild and Tipping Barrels

Research Papers

The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Coastal Temperate Rain Forests: Ecological Characteristics, Status and Distribution Worldwide
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Conservancies in Coastal British Columbia: A New Approach to Protected Areas in the Traditional Territories of First Nations
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Lessons from Landscape-scale Conservation Deals, 2011
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Assessments from Three Landscape-scale Conservation Deals, 2011
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Stanford Social Innovation Review: A Big Deal for Conservation, 2012
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
World Wildlife Fund: Project Finance for Permanence - Key Outcomes and Lessons Learned, 2015
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
Place of Power: Lessons from the Great Bear Rainforest
The publication of The Great Bear Rainforest book in 1997 aided environmental groups' efforts towards moratoriums on grizzly-bear hunting and protected areas throughout coastal British Columbia.
From Conflict to Collaboration: The Story of the Great Bear Rainforest
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