VIDEO: Lac Simon First Nation stands up for its rights
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“Caribou are in decline. We must listen to them. That's what we are told by the elders. ‘Deten.’ Listen.”1
Nelson,
Last year, the Government of Québec announced it would abandon the Val-d'Or caribou to their almost certain fate: extinction. You and other Greenpeace supporters spoke out. And the Anishnabe community of Lac Simon, in collaboration with the Kitcisakik and Long Point First Nations, decided to take action2.
Against all odds, they applied for and succeeded in obtaining $1.26 million in federal funding3 over five years to put in place caribou conservation measures. It’s an important story that needs to be shared.
What does this story tell us? It tells us that Indigenous leadership and knowledge are critical to solving the biodiversity crisis, restoring the health of caribou and our forests. The resistance and resilience of the Lac Simon community is a model for anyone who wants to oppose the status quo and work towards a more just and equitable world.
By standing up for the caribou, the community of Lac Simon are defending not only their food sovereignty but also their ancestral rights and culture. Watch the video and share their story.
The Lac Simon community is also calling attention to the urgent need to protect our forests - forests which are essential in tackling climate change. Industrial logging and other human activities are disrupting the delicate balance of the forest and its health. As an “umbrella species”, the woodland caribou tells us about the health of the forest. And if they are threatened4, that tells us that the forest ecosystem is threatened too.
Forests are vital in the fight against climate change and the biodiversity crisis on a global scale. Let's listen to what First Nations have to tell us and follow their leadership to protect them.Watch the video and share their story.
What happens to forests happens to us all.
In solidarity,
Olivier Kolmel
Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada
1 Ronald Brazeau is Director of the Lac-Simon Natural Resources Department.
2,3 https://www.newswire.ca/news- 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/ |
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