https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-indigenous-cultural-burning-biodiversity/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:09:07 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=33710 Indigenous Peoples comprise only five per cent of the world’s population but protect approximately 85 per cent of the world’s biodiversity through stewardship of Indigenous-managed lands, including the purposeful use of fire Sara Wickham and Andrew Trant and Emma Davis and Kira Hoffman Analysis climate change Indigenous Wildfire Photo: Prashant Mishra / Unsplash a silhouetted figure stands in a field with flames