FOR200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Doig River, Intact Forest Landscape, Treaty 8 Tribal Association
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For200 lecture 6 - protecting the peace, indigenous-led conservation in canada"s. Canada"s boreal forest is the largest forest biome on the planet. Only 12% of the canadian boreal has been protected. Home to the dunne-zaa first nations of treaty 8. Forms the narrowest point in the yellowstone to yukon continental-scale wildlife corridor (cross-hatched area) used by transboundary species. Grizzly bears, wolves, and other large mammals travel along the spine of. Only a handful of bears are thought to remain in northeastern bc. The dunne-zaa are working to establish a network of tribal protected areas in the. Peace region where they can exercise their treaty and aboriginal rights and where biodiversity is conserved. Figure 1: cumulative disturbances within the peace region. Greater than 2/3rds of the peace region has been impacted by industrial development to date. Un declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (undrip):
