Indigenous conservation Archives - National Environmental Treasure

Reconciliation: Returning to Cultural Fire Protections

On Kainai (Blood Tribe) territory in Alberta, the first Indigenous Fire Guardians program in Canada is rekindling traditional fire knowledge to heal land and culture. As wildfires surge and biodiversity declines, this initiative offers an example of how Indigenous leadership can drive ecological recovery and sovereign stewardship....

A New Era for Clayoquot Sound

In June 2024, the Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, in collaboration with the British Columbia government, established ten new conservancies protecting 760 square kilometers of old-growth forests in Clayoquot Sound - an ecologically rich region on Vancouver Island....