January 26, 2026
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*Please note: This excerpt is taken from an article published by the CBC.
Researchers say that government-funded Indigenous-led conservation efforts in Canada are having a sustained impact in the fight against climate change.
A recent report in the journal Earth’s Future found that these initiatives — such as Indigenous protected and conserved areas or land guardian programs — tend to perform better than federally and provincially protected areas when it comes to limiting carbon emissions.
They also perform just as well when it comes to maintaining biodiversity, the researchers say.
“Canada is still in the process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples,” said Camilo Alejo a post-doctoral fellow at Concordia University and the lead author of the study. “When the federal government has the initiative to support Indigenous stewardship you get all this positive environmental and social outcomes.”