Guilbeault, Suzuki see Indigenous leadership role in biodiversity protection at COP15

Environmentalist David Suzuki is proposing a ‘global guardians program’ supporting Indigenous people to combine traditional elder knowledge with youth conservation training.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, speaking at COP15 in Montreal on Dec. 12, has the backing of domestic advocates in his call for Indigenous leadership in biodiversity conservation, but he’s looking for more on the international front. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/UN Biodiversity

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

December 14, 2022

Two longtime environmentalists attending the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal have different frustrations.

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