"Of course, we're not normally having conversations with folks in the U.K.," says Housty, a 29-year-old member of the Heiltsuk First Nation whose family has lived in Bella Bella and the Great Bear Rainforest for five generations. But for Housty, what is especially significant is the way those people who live in the Great Bear Rainforest are intrinsically joined to its lands and waters. Back in the Great Bear Rainforest, as much as it has been the focus of conservation efforts such as the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, observers and those involved in the region see environmental issues remaining. But Brown welcomes the interest William and Kate are showing in the Great Bear Rainforest. Bears frolic in the Great Bear Rainforest, where management of the grizzly population remains an ongoing issue.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2016 09:00 UTC