On the Gikumi along the west coast

A whale watching boat underway for nature conservation

From June 29 to July 24, a small team was on the road on the west coast of Canada, in British Columbia. This time it was on a boat, the iconic and historic Gikumi, from Vancouver north to the small town of Prince Rupert and back again.

Our goal was to explore new pieces of land for wilderness protection and to check already purchased areas. The drones from DJI and Quantum-Systems GmbH were a great help!

We were also accompanied again by Robert Marc Lehmann (Mission Erde e.V.). In December, you can look forward to an emotional, exciting YouTube series that shows the beautiful temperate West Coast rainforest and its inhabitants up close. It will make clear that we - on the other side of the world - are also closely connected to the Canadian West Coast rainforest, and therefore must protect it at all costs!

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The Gikumi is the first whale watching boat on the Canadian coast and she was also used to film parts of the famous movie Free Willy. How fitting, then, that we should join her in fighting for the freedom and safety of beautiful

Engage wildlife and their habitats on the British Columbia coast.

Impressions from the trip

A boat among waves, mighty grizzly bears and ancient giant trees - the temperate rainforest of the Northwest Coast is a wild treasure.

a grizzly bear eats grass in khutzeymateen reserve
What are Nico, Lukas and Robert photographing and filming here?
the Gikumi anchors on the wild west coast
Unfortunately, west coast rainforests are severely threatened by large-scale clearcutting
the Gikumi in the harbor
Robert installs Baited Remote Underwater Video for deep sea research
DJI's drones help us analyze potential protected areas from the air during Rapid Assessments
an ancient giant tree of life
Luke flies drone even in the forest

Everything is connected

A whale watching boat underway for nature conservation

Impressions from the trip