This feature article in National Geographic by Métis writer Clarissa Dawes profiles the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, setting them in the context of the decades-long struggle to defend the forests from clear-cut logging. Dawes also notes the significance of Tribal Parks as tools of decolonization and the growing movement for Indigenous leadership in conservation around the world.

How First Nations-led protests in Canada sparked a conservation movement

Author: Dawes, Clarissa

Year: 2020

Media Type: News Article