Canada | Ontario First Nation looks to create Indigenous conserved area o 1.3M ha

KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG FIRST NATION, Ont. — The federal government has given K.I. First Nation $300,000 to work toward establishing an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, wants to prevent development within the watershed surrounding Big Trout Lake and its traditional homelands.

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/kitchenuhmaykoosib-inninuwug-seeks-to-protect-13-million-hectares-1851360

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