Community Conservation Research Network

"The community of Île-à-la-Crosse wants to create an Indigenous protected area named Sakitawak to protect the region's forests, ways of life and vast carbon stores. Getting the province on board has proved to be a challenge"

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A Saskatchewan Métis community wants to save its land. Dealing with government? ‘Like talking to a wall’ | The Narwhal The historic fur-trading community of Île-à-la-Crosse wants to create an Indigenous protected area named Sakitawak to protect the region's forests, ways of life and vast carbon stores. Getting the province on board has proved to be a challenge

“With their eyes on solving food shortages and financial shortfalls, restoring ecosystems and bringing back an important cultural component, dozens of Indigenous tribes have been restoring bison herds." Read the full article ➡️ https://buff.ly/3s3Tb4B

‘It’s a powerful feeling’: the Indigenous American tribe helping to bring back buffalo The Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota are trying to build the biggest Native-American owned buffalo herd to help food security and restore the land

Learn about how local, displaced and refugee women are building a sustainable future by fighting back the desert amid Niger’s refugee and climate crises ➡️

Women building a sustainable future: fighting back the desert, amid Niger’s refugee and climate crises Internal displacement, regional instability, and climate change have created a refugee crisis in Niger, but an initiative in the town of Ouallam is showing how different communities can work together to survive, and improve the local environment.

"Because of their regular patrolling, Indigenous guardians are filing in an important patchwork of monitoring efforts designed to keep species and people safe and coastal ecosystems intact."

The frontline of conservation: how Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science on their lands | The Narwhal From catching poachers to documenting species to saving lives, guardians all along the B.C. coast are bringing back traditional practices of territorial safeguarding — and filling major knowledge and conservation gaps while they’re at it