To address climate change and biodiversity loss, support Indigenous-led conservation

In this country, the biggest proposals for conserving lands are coming from Indigenous Nations. In northern Manitoba, for instance, five communities representing the Dene, Cree, and Inuit are working to protect 50,000 square kilometres known as the Seal River Watershed.

To maintain caribou, pictured, salmon, moose, and other species, for instance, scientists say we must protect intact lands at a large scale. In this country, the biggest proposals for conserving lands are coming from Indigenous Nations, write Valérie Courtois and Ernie Bussidor.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY VALéRIE COURTOIS AND ERNIE BUSSIDOR

November 9, 2020

The United Nations issued two major reports recently about the state of biodiversity—the plants, animals, and natural systems we all depend on. The reports highlighted positive examples of conservation leadership from countries around the world. When it came to Canada, most of the solutions the UN...

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