What happens when human activities conflict with wildlife and vice-versa? How do we share increasingly populated mountain spaces with the natural world? This Canadian Mountain Podcast episode focuses on human-wildlife co-existence and features experienced...
Habitats in the alpine zone are those habitats that exist at high elevations. They have “rugged, partially vegetated terrain with snowfields and rocky ridges, above the natural tree line,” (1). There is often less...
This Video is Copyright of the Government of Northwest Territories Blog Post by Tom Andrews To celebrate International Mountain Day, as part of the University of Alberta 2016 Mountain Festival, the Prince of...
Subsistence hunting contributes to the livelihoods of many northern and rural Canadians. Traditional diets, including fish and meat, provide food security and essential nutrition for remote communities, where store-bought diets may lack healthy alternatives. But...
Recreational hunting is a popular sport in Western Canada, generating considerable revenues for local communities and funding for conservation programs. Wildlife managers aim to balance hunting opportunities with the maintenance of healthy populations; however, sustained harvests...
By Kelly Fowler Caribou are vital to the economies, cultures, and livelihoods of northern indigenous communities. In the Sahtú region of Northwest Territories, Dene people recognize three types of caribou – the tǫdzı (boreal...
Wildlife management programs often involve collaborations between government scientists and academic researchers; however, conservation efforts can be enhanced by incorporating the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples. As enduring stewards of the land, Indigenous...
Le parc national de #Jasper affirme qu'un troupeau de #caribous est disparu et que deux autres sont au bord de l'extinction locale (en anglais) : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-national-park-says-one-caribou-herd-gone-two-others-on-the-brink-of-local-extinction-1.5724943 #conservation #biodiversité @JasperNP Jasper National Park
#Jasper National Park says one #caribou herd gone and two others on the brink of local #extinction:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-national-park-says-one-caribou-herd-gone-two-others-on-the-brink-of-local-extinction-1.5724943 #conservation #biodiversity
Jasper National Park @JasperNP
Consultez ces cartes interactives détaillant la biodiversité globale des #montagnes ainsi que trois études de cas dans les #alpes, les #Andes et les #Himalayas (en anglais): https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=cc7af0c3473c4128935e07b1cc824752
Check out these interactive #maps detailing global #mountain #biodiversity, and three case studies in the #Alps, #Andes and #Himalayas : https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=cc7af0c3473c4128935e07b1cc824752
Un grand rapport des Nations unies fait un sombre bilan de l’inaction des gouvernements en matière de #biodiversité depuis une décennie : https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1733809/biodiversite-environnement-objectif-onu-nations-unies-ipbes-changements-climatique-echec @UNBiodiversity @UN Convention on Biological Diversity United Nations
