The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Carbon and caribou: why the Dene Tha’ are forging a plan to protect a northern Alberta lake https://thenarwhal.ca/dene-tha-alberta-lake-carbon-caribou/ Sat, 25 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=35399 The nation is proposing the first Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the province to protect the region surrounding one of Alberta’s largest lakes, which stores five times more carbon per square metre than the Amazon Sharon J. Riley In-Depth Alberta carbon cache climate change Indigenous Indigenous protected areas nature-based climate solutions protected areas water wildlife Photo: Jeremy Williams / River Voices productions Boaters on Bistcho Lake