This video captures some highlights from the Protected Areas and Climate Action in Ontario gathering, held in October 2019 in Kingston, ON. Hosted by Ontario Nature, Plenty Canada, Walpole Island Land Trust, the Indigenous Environmental Institute at Trent University and the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network, the three-day event brought together participants representing 20 Indigenous communities and organizations, and 38 conservation and environmental organizations, government agencies and academic institutions.
Speakers and participants explored how climate action and nature protection can take shape at the community level, how climate change may affect protected areas, and what policy tools are available. Discussion topics included addressing challenges, inclusion of Indigenous cultural practices, youth engagement, using Natural Law and Two-Eyed Seeing approaches, and advancing action. We thank all the Elders, speakers and participants for contributing to the gathering.
The gathering and video were generously supported by the Royal Bank of Canada Foundation, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership, Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Government of Canada and the Metcalf Foundation.
The video was captured and edited by Fresh Shift Productions.
Visit ontarionature.org/protected-ar... to read the written report from the gathering.
5 апр 2020
