Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship

The FSC Certification Process: Information and resources about using the FSC National Standard as a tool to advance the sovereignty of First Nations.

2025-03-28T15:47:13-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This webpage offers a variety of tools and resources to guide First Nations through the Forest Stewardship Council Certification Process.

SFU student defends thesis in home territory, brings research on Haíłzaqv language and clam gardens to her community

2025-03-28T14:09:52-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Blog Post, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This story highlights how Simon Fraser University Masters' Candidate, Desiree Lawson, combined academic research with Haíɫzaqv laws, language, and community knowledge to revitalize and future-proof clam gardens.

Hopeful insights from wildlife recoveries in Canada

2025-02-21T11:24:15-05:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This article examines efforts to help endangered species recover in Canada. Researchers found that only a few species have improved over time, and the key factor in their success was addressing the main cause of their decline—usually through strong regulations.

Indigenous-led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse-Za mountain caribou

2025-01-14T10:49:24-05:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This article highlights how West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations successfully led the recovery of the Klinse-Za caribou after the population declined from 250 in the 1990s to 38 in 2013, impacting their treaty rights.

Back from the brink: New research shows Indigenous-led conservation forging a new recovery model for caribou in British Columbia

2025-01-14T10:44:59-05:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

This media release highlights the success of Indigenous-led conservation by West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations, nearly tripling the Klinse-Za caribou population from 38 in 2013 to 114 in 2022.

Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land

2025-01-14T10:24:56-05:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This article highlights how the Heiltsuk Nation of British Columbia combines ancestral principles and modern science to protect salmon, bears, and ecosystems in their territory.

Cultural Keystone Species and Places: Bringing Indigenous worldviews and value systems into species at risk conservation management

2025-03-28T14:10:53-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Longform Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This blog series intends to share some reflections and learnings about Indigenous perspectives on species conservation, present frameworks that embody these perspectives, and discuss why Indigenous worldviews and approaches to “conservation” (a word that does not often translate directly to Indigenous languages) should be given equal space in Canadian policy. 

Go to Top