Indigenous Knowledge Systems

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.

Co-producing Sustainable Ocean Plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders

2024-11-22T13:05:25-05:00Categories: Biocultural Monitoring and Community-based Stewardship, Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This Blue Paper brings together insights from Indigenous knowledge holders and researchers to promote regenerative, inclusive, and culturally respectful ocean planning processes. It stresses the importance of developing Sustainable Ocean Plans (SOPs) with Indigenous communities...

Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy: Halting and Reversing Biodiversity Loss in Canada: Indigenous Leadership in Conservation

2024-10-25T10:04:28-04:00Categories: Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems, Report, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This section of Canada's 2030 Nature Strategy underscores the essential role of Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation, drawing on their deep cultural ties and traditional stewardship practices.

Speaking Across Knowledge Systems: An Educator’s Guide

2024-10-28T17:27:29-04:00Categories: Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems|Tags: , , , , , , |

This educator’s guide is meant to accompany the Speaking Across Knowledge Systems podcast to guide discussions and learning about knowledge systems and conservation in post-secondary courses and classrooms. It was produced by fourth-year undergraduate students as part of a Community Engaged Learning component of a Sociology and Anthropology course taught at the University of Guelph.

The potential for Indigenous-led conservation in urbanized landscapes in Canada

2024-07-12T14:06:45-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This study looks at how to increase Indigenous involvement in planning and managing urban parks, including creating new urban Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs).

Indigenous peoples proven to sustain biodiversity and address climate change: Now it’s time to recognize and support this leadership

2024-06-21T13:01:30-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This article underscores the pivotal role of Indigenous Peoples in global conservation efforts, highlighting their territories' significance in preserving the Earth's biodiversity.

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