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West Coast's Environmental Citizenship Program builds awareness of environmental law issues in BC, and through legal education empowers the BC public to engage in environmental decision-making. West Coast accomplishes these goals through lectures, community outreach workshops, publications and interactive websites. Our publications cover a range of topics including guides to international environmental law, local government law and dealing with strategic lawsuits aimed at squelching public participation. Our soon to be launched BC Guide to Biodiversity and Watershed Protection is an interactive website which provides vital information on law and planning processes that citizens and community groups can use to protect their local environment. Our Building Bridges Project is a unique outreach program to provide our legal services in ways appropriate to the Chinese speaking communities of BC.

Publications

• Kyoto, POPs and Straddling Stocks: understanding environmental treaties
• The West Coast Guide to Strategic Law Suits against public participation
• The Smart Growth Guide to Local Government Law and Advocacy
• A Guide to the BC Lobbyists Registration Act for BC Environmental Non-Profits and Charities
• Greening Your Title: A Guide to Best Practices for Conservation Covenants
• Giving It Away: Tax Implications of Gifts to Protect Private Land
• Guide to Forest Land Use Planning
• Protecting British Columbia's Wetlands: A Citizen's Guide