Robin J. Roth

Stuckless Pond in Gros Morne National Park, N.L. Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas can complement national and provincial parks to promote conservation while also advancing reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

January 4, 2024

Canada’s Nature Agreement underscores the need for true reconciliation with Indigenous nations

Justine Townsend, University of British Columbia and Robin J. Roth, University of Guelph

Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas face significant hurdles but nevertheless remain a key way to advance reconciliation and environmental goals.

The Fulford Harbour sea garden clam bed was built by First Nations in the Salish Sea near Salt Spring Island, B.C. Despite growing recognition that lands managed by Indigenous Peoples are, on average, more biodiverse, biodiversity conservation has typically marginalized Indigenous Peoples. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

December 7, 2022

COP15 biodiversity summit in Montréal: Canada failed to meet its 2020 conservation targets. Will 2030 be any better?

Emmanuel Tamufor, University of Guelph and Robin J. Roth, University of Guelph

As we set conservation goals for the next decade, we need to evaluate what worked and what didn’t in our efforts to meet the 2020 biodiversity conservation targets.

Establishing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, like the Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories, while respecting original treaties can help Canada meet its international conservation commitments. (Iris Catholique)

October 30, 2022

An attack of Indigenous rights is an attack on nature conservation

Robin J. Roth, University of Guelph

To address the climate and biodiversity crises, we must stop criminalizing Indigenous Peoples for exercising their treaty rights and start upholding them instead.

Sampah plastik di sebuah pantai di Bali. shutterstock

March 21, 2019

Lautan penuh sampah plastik bukan kesalahan negara‑negara berkembang

Alisa Greenwood-Nguyen, University of Guelph and Robin J. Roth, University of Guelph

Negara-negara Asia menjadi tempat pembuangan limbah plastik dari negara-negara kaya. Praktik pengelolaan limbah mereka yang buruk hanya mereproduksi kebiasaan kolonial: memindah masalah ke orang lain.

The West Moberly First Nation would like to see biodiversity-rich riparian areas in the Peace River Valley, in northeastern British Columbia protected. They will be destroyed by the Site C hydro dam, currently under construction. Garth Lenz

February 12, 2019

Protecting not‑so‑wild places helps biodiversity

Faisal Moola, University of Guelph; Jessica Lukawiecki, University of Guelph, and Robin J. Roth, University of Guelph

Countries can protect biodiversity and recognize Indigenous peoples as conservation partners.

Plastic pollution on a beach on Bali, Indonesia. (Shutterstock)

January 31, 2019

Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the Global South