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Newfoundland and Tasmania, Australia, have been described as ‘mirror islands’ with striking linkages. Site of one of the field excursions during the authors’ 12-day exchange to Tasmania, Australia. (Author Provided, Brady Reid)

Flipping Indigenous regional development in Newfoundland upside‑down: lessons from Australia

Brady Reid, University of Waterloo; Chief Joanne Miles; Chief Peggy (Margaret) White, and Emma Lee, Federation University Australia

The lessons from Tasmania are clear. Asserting Indigenous rights in Canada can be mutually beneficial for all.
Protesters interrupt a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — demanding that the government stop invading Indigenous land — during the opening ceremony of COP15, the UN conference on biodiversity, in Montréal, on Dec. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Indigenous conservation funding must reflect Canada’s true debt to First Nations, Inuit and Métis

Zoe Todd, Simon Fraser University

In order to meet its 2030 biodiversity targets, Canada is heavily relying on Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, which could do more harm than good for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework on Dec.19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

COP15’s Global Biodiversity Framework must advance Indigenous‑led conservation to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

Noella Gray, University of Guelph and Victoria Hodson, University of Guelph

As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
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

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.

Related Topics

  1. Biodiversity
  2. Conservation
  3. COP15
  4. First Nations
  5. Indigenous
  6. Indigenous-led conservation
  7. Indigenous rights
  8. Inuit
  9. Métis
  10. Reconciliation

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