Emma Tranter
Guardians of the Edehzhie protected area in the Northwest Territories are trained in the use of wildlife cameras as seen in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Indigenous Leadership Initiative MANDATORY CREDIT April 05, 2021 - 9:29 AM
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned.
That was when COVID-19 started to sweep across Canada, threatening the country s northern communities, including those around the protected area known as Edehzhie in the Dehcho region of the N.W.T.
Brandon Sun By: Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 11:29 AM CDT Monday, Apr. 5, 2021
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned.
Guardians of the Edehzhie protected area in the Northwest Territories are trained in the use of wildlife cameras as seen in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Indigenous Leadership Initiative MANDATORY CREDIT
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned.
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Guardians of the Edehzhie protected area in the Northwest Territories are trained in the use of wildlife cameras as seen in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Indigenous Leadership Initiative MANDATORY CREDIT
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned.
That was when COVID-19 started to sweep across Canada, threatening the country’s northern communities, including those around the protected area known as Edehzhie in the Dehcho region of the N.W.T.
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One of the dominant trends in conservation over the past 20 years has been growing recognition of the contributions Indigenous peoples have made toward conservationists’ goals of protecting biodiversity, wild places, and ecosystem functions.
This view is a departure from historical conservation approaches, which have tended to marginalize, undervalue, or even criminalize Indigenous peoples. The transition unfolding across conservation is an important development for the sector, but going from talking about change to actually implementing meaningful reforms will be a challenge.
For these reasons, Peter Seligmann – one of the best-known and most influential figures in conservation – is an important figure to watch. In 2017 Seligmann launched a new organization called Nia Tero that puts Indigenous peoples at the center of its strategy: “For us, it was clear that humanity’s fate
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