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

2025-03-19T10:09:26-04:00Categories: 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. 

Video: Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation Marine Protected Area

2023-08-03T15:14:00-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This video from CNN provides a brief overview of Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) Marine Protected Area (MPA) declared by the Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation (British Columbia).

Indigenous Food Systems Network

2023-08-03T15:10:53-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This links to the Indigenous Food Systems Network. This website was developed by the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) to represent Indigenous voices in the food security movement.

Enabling coexistence: Navigating predator-induced regime shifts in human-ocean systems

2023-08-05T07:40:51-04:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This article was produced through a collaborative partnership and workshops with Indigenous knowledge holders in Alaska and British Columbia, along with quantitative and qualitative interviews in two Indigenous communities among the first to experience sea otter recovery

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