Clayoquot Sound, part of the Tla-o-qui-aht territory, has been the site of numerous protests against logging the forest. Meares Island was declared a Tribal Park in 1984. (Shutterstock)

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To combat the biodiversity crisis, we need to fundamentally shift our economy and society and make nature conservation the norm.
Spawning sockeye salmon make their way up the Adams River near Chase, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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Populations of freshwater species are in a state of deep decline. But we know why and we can reverse the trend.