‘They shouldn’t be in the community’: Fort Liard resident sounds alarm over bison herds
One Fort Liard, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), resident is asking the territory to control the area’s bison population before someone gets
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NGOs seek stricter fishing rules to protect Finland’s endangered Saimaa seals
New regulations have been proposed to restrict fishing in the habitat of the endangered Saimaa seals, one of the world’s
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Yukon to begin regulation of off-road vehicles in alpine areas
The Yukon government is creating three zones where the use of off-road vehicles will be limited to designated trails. They
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Indigenous groups in Alaska welcome Biden’s bid to protect critical Bering Sea area
A coalition of Indigenous groups in western Alaska is “celebrating” U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to reinstate the Northern Bering
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In the Arctic, ‘everything is changing,’ massive animal tracking study finds
Archive of over 200 studies since 1991 reveals climate change impacts on 86 species Animals across the Arctic are changing
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Saimaa seal population believed to have grown in Finland
Mild weather and melting ice cover disrupted the spring count, but more pups may have been born than the year
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Alaska group sues to block wolf trapping season on island
An Alaska conservation group filed a lawsuit to stop the state from reopening wolf trapping season on Prince of Wales
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UN’s bleak biodiversity report highlights Canada’s Indigenous protected areas
Canada’s efforts to set up marine conservation areas in the Arctic and partner with Indigenous and Inuit communities in protecting
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Indigenous government secures $2M to conserve traditional lands in northwestern Canada
The government of Canada announced Friday it will inject $2 million into the Canada Nature Fund to help conserve Indigenous
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Wells Fargo becomes third major US bank to nix Arctic oil investment
Wells Fargo says it won’t finance oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The bank’s announcement follows similar policies
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Canadian Indigenous leaders stress need for less “colonial” approach to caribou conservation in North
For the next five days, Colville Lake, N.W.T., is the centre of the Sahtú. Leaders from across the region and
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More wolves killed since new government incentives in northwest Canada
Dozens of wolves were killed by hunters under a new incentive program last year. But a biologist with the territorial
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Northern Canadians want caribou calving grounds protected, WWF says
Populations of barren-ground caribou in Canada’s Arctic are plummeting to the point they may never recover, says Brandon Laforest of
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Helsinki University christens new vessel for Baltic Sea research
A new research vessel was christened in Helsinki last week that will improve and modernize Finland’s Baltic Sea research capabilities.
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Finland’s endangered Saimaa ringed seal population reaches 400
Conservationists have succeeded in smashing a target for numbers of the rare and severely endangered Saimaa ringed seal, with more
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