Canada boosts conservation and restoration efforts with investments in 27 new Indigenous-Led Natural Climat...
Summary
Across the country, First Nations, Inuit, and M\xe9tis are braiding Indigenous Knowledge with modern science to offer solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss, while safeguarding the natural spaces we all depend on. These new initiatives will conserve, restore, and enhance land management of wetlands, peatlands, and grasslands to store and capture carbon while benefitting biodiversity, climate resiliency, and human well-being. The project will also support the development of a M\xe9tis culture and language camp that will focus on land-based education, providing access to additional eco-sites and traditionally important plant and animal species. The Unamaki Institute of Natural Resources initiative, which will conduct research and knowledge gathering into nature-based climate solutions and sustainable models for carbon-based projects on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Jesse Fieldwebster, Manager of Lands, Resources and Consultations, M\xe9tis Nation of OntarioIndigenous peoples, through their deep spiritual and cultural connection to the natural world, continue to be leaders in global conservation efforts.