PhoenixSerenityMar 24, 2023

#Saskatchewan 's wild #prairie is covered in a thick blanket of snow right now, but beneath it lies a #storehouse of life.  
Billions of tonnes of #carbon are stored under #Canadian #grasslands & they're a #CriticalTool in the struggle to maintain a healthy #climate . 

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6788647

#SwaleWatchers #Indigenous #LandGuardians #CarbonSink #ProtectGrasslands #NativeStewardship #Canada #ClimateAction #FirstNations #FirstNations #environmental #CarbonStorage #SaveSoil

Grasslands store tons of carbon — and there's a movement to protect them

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the carbon capture potential of Canada's grasslands and growing concern about the overlap of pension funds and oil and gas companies.

CBC
PhoenixSerenityMar 17, 2023

There is a growing #movement in the world today to #empower #Indigenous peoples – who #safeguard 80% of the world’s #biodiversity of #plants & #wildlife on only 5% of the world’s land mass & to #redress the gross #injustices of #colonialism , which are still #systemically #perpetuated in many ways, such as grinding poverty on #TribalReservations & #exploitation of the #GlobalSouth .

https://mtstandard.com/opinion/columnists/tom-woodbury-decolonizing-yellowstone/article_8b076cec-c2a3-11ed-9643-9be357536284.html

#Yellowstone #bison #decolonization #Montana #landback #LandGuardians #Decolonize

Tom Woodbury: Decolonizing Yellowstone

There is a growing movement in the world today to empower Indigenous peoples – who safeguard 80% of the world’s biodiversity of plants and wildlife on only 5% of the

Montana Standard
PhoenixSerenityMar 17, 2023

#Fighting #American #colonizers in the 1800s. Setting the foundation for #Canada ’s first major #AntiLogging action. #Trailblazing #TribalParks and #sustainable #logging practices. How the #Tlaoquiaht continue to take #stewardship of their territory back into their own hands.
https://thenarwhal.ca/first-nation-guardians-war-in-the-woods/

#ClayoquotSound #BritishColumbia #landback #FirstNations #NativeRights #decolonization #NativeLeadership #LandGuardians #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCFirstNations #empowerment

‘Legacy of bold resistance’: how the Tla-o-qui-aht are protecting 100% of their territory

Fighting American colonizers in the 1800s. Setting the foundation for Canada’s first major anti-logging action. Trailblazing tribal parks and sustainable logging practices. How the Tla-o-qui-aht continue to take stewardship of their territory back into their own hands

The Narwhal
BC Info BotDec 8, 2022
Global News BC: B.C. First Nations receive big federal dollars for Great Bear Sea conservation https://globalnews.ca/news/9333290/bc-first-nations-federal-funds-great-bear-sea-conservation/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Indigenousconservation #CoastalFirstNations #GreatBearRainforest #MarineConservation #NanwakolasCouncil #oceanprotection #BCFirstNations #landguardians #GreatBearSea #Environment
B.C. First Nations receive big federal dollars for Great Bear Sea conservation

The Great Bear Sea hugs the largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet, stretching 64,000 square kilometres from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to Alaska.

Global News