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BC Parks
BC Parks is responsible for the designation, management and
conservation of a system of ecological reserves, provincial
parks and recreation areas located throughout the province.
It's mission is to protect representative and special natural
places within the Province's Protected Areas System for world
class conservation, outdoor recreation, education and scientific
study.
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Clayoquot Alliance
The Clayoquot Alliance for Research, Education and Training
is a unique partnership, founded with the goals of forging creative
links between the University and the communities of Clayoquot
Sound, providing a forum in which community interests and needs
become academic concerns, and making the education and training
resources of the University more accessible in the region.
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Clayoquot Biosphere
Trust
The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT), a federally registered,
British Columbia incorporated, non-profit charitable organisation,
is the cornerstone of the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
It supports local research, education, and training that is
consistent with a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve’s objectives
of conservation and sustainable development.
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Clayoquot
Project
The Clayoquot Project is an effort to encourage the study
of global politics through local sites.
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Community-University
Connections
Community-University Connections is a community-based research
initiative that explores the use of science in environmental
and social policy, and facilitates collaborative research and
information exchange between community organisations and university-based
researchers.
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International Science
Shops Network
An international network for science shops, building partnerships
for public access to research. Science shops are organisations
that attempt to facilitate access to science, knowledge and
technology for social groupings that would not or could not
ordinarily interact with these disciplines.
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LOKA Institute
The Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy
organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental
repercussions of science and technology. Loka works to make
science and technology more responsive to social and environmental
concerns by expanding opportunities for a number of stakeholders
in vital facets of science and technology decision making.
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Long Beach Model Forest Society
The LBMF Society (LBMFS) is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to developing, improving, and testing sustainable
forest management practices within the LBMF area. It aims to
promote and demonstrate sustainable forest management strategies;
to facilitate communication and exchange of knowledge (i.e.:
TEK); and to apply local level criteria and indicators to sustainable
forest management.
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Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal
Council
The Nuu chah nulth Tribal Council represents the chiefs and
membership of 14 first nations on the West Coast of Vancouver
Island from Brooks Peninsula north of Kyuquot to Sheringham
Point south of Port Renfrew.
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POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
POLIS represents the new face of the Eco-Research Chair
of Environmental Law and Policy at the University of Victoria.
It's goals are to bring the community back into our political,
economic, environmental and social institutions, to reinvigorate
an ecosystem context for these institutions, to revitalize innovative
businesses, and to discover constructive new opportunities for
government agencies and the state itself.
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Raincoast
Education Society
The Raincoast Education Society is an independent non-profit
society based in Tofino, BC. It is dedicated to promoting research,
education, and informed discussion about environmental and social
sustainability and is the sponsor of the Raincoast Interpretive
Center.
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Tla-ook Cultural Adventures
A First Nations owned and operated company offering experiences
in Traditional Nuu-chah-nulth Dugout canoes and located in Tofino,
British Columbia, on the edge of Clayoquot Sound. They aim to
share the beauty of Nuu-chah-nulth Culture and the environment
in which it flourished.
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Tofino
Botanical Garden
The gardens were begun in 1997 and are being created as
a place to explore the relationship between culture and nature
in Clayoquot Sound. Tofino Botanical Gardens is dedicated to
the creation of a living classroom where future generations
will learn about the natural and cultural history of Clayoquot
Sound and the remaining coastal temperate rainforests of the
world.
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Vancouver Island Public Interest
Research Group
VIPIRG is a non-profit organization dedicated to research,
education, advocacy, and action in the public interest. Located
in the Student Union Building of the University of Victoria,
VIPIRG is the ideal place for students and volunteers who wish
to work on social justice or environmental issues on campus,
or at the community level.
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