Photo by @daisygilardini // The Kermode bear is one of the rarest bears in the world. Due to a unique recessive gene, this subspecies of the American Black bear has white or cream-coloured fur.
Just 400 to 1,000 individuals are believed to remain, in a 400-kilometre-long corridor of rainforest along Canada’s west coast: the Great Bear Rainforest.
This unique ecosystem where everything is interdependent needs protection. Salmon are the natural link which connects the forest to the ocean, through their cyclical spawning seasons. Bears will catch a fish and then drag it into the forest to eat. Birds and other mammals feed on the remains, while marine nutrients, along with the bear’s droppings, help fertilize the forest soil.
As conservation photographers it is our duty to capture the beauty of places and species at risk, and raise awareness through the universal power of the images we capture.
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Great Bear Rainforest