In B.C., Indigenous Peoples are expected to move seamlessly between two worlds and two sets of laws sacred law and colonial law. When these are in conflict, they are asked to abandon one for the other.
The court order that made it illegal to block logging activity in the forest near the Fairy Creek watershed on southwestern Vancouver Island has expired.
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series.
Christopher Pollon covers business, environment and the politics of natural resources. He’s the author of
The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam. He tweets @C Pollon. SHARES Pacific white-sided dolphins cruise Knight Inlet. The fjord that receives the melting waters of the Klinaklini Glacier has been home to First Nations for millennia.
Photo: Knight Inlet Lodge. [Editor’s note: To read the first instalment of The Big Melt, a special Tyee series, go here.]