https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-mikisew-cree-alberta-tailings/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=72527 The tailings ponds in Alberta are growing — and leaking. The feds need to ask Indigenous nations before allowing oilsands companies to release them into rivers Aliénor Rougeot and Melody Lepine Opinion Alberta COP15 environmental racism freshwater Indigenous Rights oilsands tailings ponds Photo: Ian Willms / Panos Pictures Oilsands tailings pond from above https://thenarwhal.ca/cop15-nature-agreement-canada/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:43:35 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66947 196 countries set new global targets to stop the biodiversity crisis. The test now is to put words into action Ainslie Cruickshank In-Depth B.C. climate change COP15 Democracy Endangered Species Indigenous protected areas nature-based climate solutions wildlife Photo: UN Biodiversity / Flickr Delegates clap as 196 countries agreed to a new global biodiversity framwork to save nature against a turqoise background that says 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 https://thenarwhal.ca/great-bear-lake-protected-area-ipca/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:33:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66889 The Sahtu ́K’aowe Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area is set to move ahead and conserve the world’s eighth largest lake, after an announcement at COP15 biodiversity conference Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News climate change COP15 Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights Photo: TVO Great Bear Lake in Northwest Territories at sunset, trees in the foreground and mountains in the distance https://thenarwhal.ca/seal-river-manitoba-ipca-step/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:58:37 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66653 After years of pushing for an Indigenous protected area, the Seal River Watershed Alliance will work with the Canadian and Manitoba governments to do a feasibility study — a big step towards recognition Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News COP15 Indigenous protected areas Manitoba Photo: Jordan Melograna / Seal River Watershed Alliance Aerial photo of Seal River watershed forest at sunset https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-protected-areas-ipca-hurdles/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66520 Canada needs to protect more land. There’s 500,000 square kilometres in proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. So what’s the holdup? Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood Analysis In-Depth biodiversity climate change COP15 Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights Photo: Stephanie Foden / The Narwhal Gillian Staveley at COP15, wearing a Kaska t-shirt and a tuque that says 'Land Needs Guardians' on a sunny day in Montreal https://thenarwhal.ca/fortisbc-port-vancouver-projects/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:56:25 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66082 As the final details of a nature agreement between the province and the federal government are worked out, B.C. could approve major projects that will impact endangered species and ecosystems Matt Simmons Explainer caribou climate change COP15 Endangered Species LNG mining oil and gas salmon Photo: Carol Linnitt / The Narwhal A sunset view of the Port of Vancouver's Roberts Bank terminal https://thenarwhal.ca/jane-goodall-hope/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66206 At 88 years old, the world’s best-known naturalist is calling on her fans to roll up their sleeves and ‘do something’ Emma Gilchrist Profile biodiversity climate change COP15 Indigenous protected areas solutions wildlife Photo: Brit Kwasney / The Narwhal Jane Goodall in Victoria June 2022. https://thenarwhal.ca/first-nations-guardians-network/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:49:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66056 The First Nations Guardians Network will streamline funding and capacity-building opportunities for guardians — the eyes and ears of the land Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood and Ainslie Cruickshank News biodiversity COP15 federal politics Indigenous guardians Indigenous protected areas wildlife Photo: Melissa Renwick / The Narwhal Byron Charlie records the length of a juvenile salmon before its transplanted into the Bedwell River, within the Clayoquot Sound, near Tofino, on July 30, 2021. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-david-eby-conservation-pledge/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:09:03 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=65942 Advocates say Premier David Eby’s conservation mandate is an ‘important step’ in the fight against biodiversity loss in B.C., which is home to nearly 700 globally imperilled species Sarah Cox News B.C. biodiversity COP15 Indigenous protected areas protected areas wildlife Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal An overhead view of Kechika River in Kaska Dena territory in northern B.C. https://thenarwhal.ca/cop15-trudeau-conservation-goals/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 19:04:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=65902 The prime minister says some resource extraction could still be allowed in conserved areas as Canada shifts away from a parks-style protection model Ainslie Cruickshank News B.C. climate adaptation COP15 Democracy Endangered Species federal politics Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights wildlife Photo: Adam Scotti / Prime Minister’s Office Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault at a media roundtable at COP15 in Montreal. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-nature-agreement-foi/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:16:31 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=65834 With plants and animals rapidly disappearing, B.C. and the feds are close to a new agreement to protect nature. But some environmentalists question just how strong protections will be Sarah Cox In-Depth News B.C. biodiversity caribou COP15 Endangered Species foi Indigenous protected areas wildlife Photo: Jared Hobbs Spotted Owl Logging BC Jared Hobbs