This week:Decades-long plan to protect caribou in Nunavut nearing completionThe climate risk information gapUBC researchers discover new kind of killer whale that preys on large sea mammalsDecades-long plan to protect caribou in Nunavut nearing completion(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)What On Earth 43:05 How protecting caribou can help climate Across Canada, climate change is exacerbating challenges caribou herds already face. The long-awaited Nunavut Land Use Plan (NLUP), which incorporates traditional Inuit knowledge and scientific knowledge, has the potential to protect the caribou. Quassa helped negotiate and sign the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in 1993, which mandated the creation of the NLUP and its proactive approach to caribou conservation in the region. He has advocated for the plan to be enacted in the legislative assembly, but after 29 years, he's still waiting. "During that time, Nunavut [caribou] herds have suffered and there has been more interest [in developing those areas] and the threats have escalated.

Source: CBC News October 07, 2021 18:11 UTC