Blanket land protection might not be the best option to preserve Nunavut caribou herds, argues a wildlife biologist
The 2016 Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan give complete protection to caribou calving grounds, restricting use of some Inuit land. But a longtime biologist says that might not be a very effective approach.
April 8, 2019
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A wildlife biologist with a long history of work on environmental assessments of mines in Nunavut remains unconvinced that total protection of lands now used by caribou will increase their numbers.
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