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wildfire resilience & emergency preparation

When a fire came for the NWT’s first Firesmart community

Six years ago, Enterprise was celebrated as a leader in work to protect itself from wildfires. This summer, the hamlet burned. What lessons can leaders learn?
northwest territories children climate politics
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Young, northern, and asked to come up with climate change advice

Young northerners are increasingly asked to join panels that offer politicians climate change advice. What is that achieving? Hear from some of those involved.
New Indigenous protected area created in the Northwest Territories
www.rcinet.ca

New Indigenous protected area created in the Northwest Territories

The creation of Thaidene Nëné will safeguard an area of pristine wilderness larger than all of Israel or Belize from any industrial development or mining.

Searching for the Bathurst caribou herd
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Searching for the Bathurst caribou herd

The Bathurst caribou are on the brink of disaster, with their population falling over 95 percent from roughly 470,000 animals in the mid-1980s to a low of just over 8,000 today.

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