An Introduction to Key Biodiversity Areas
Organised by The kihci-okâwîmâw askiy Knowledge Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
Join us for a virtual session where we'll explore Key Biodiversity Areas
Thu, Oct 12, 2023 13:00 - 14:30 CST
Presented by: Peter Soroye, Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Assessment and Outreach Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
Over the past two decades, a group of global organizations have developed a list of criteria to identify Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). These places are critical for the long-term health and well-being of animals, plants, waters, and the land, and a program has recently begun identifying these sites across Canada.
Join this session to learn more about what the KBA Canada project is doing, how KBAs may help support Indigenous conservation, and how to help collaboratively identify these sites, which in many instances exist only because of the stewardship and relationships First Nations, Métis and Inuit have with these species and places.
For more on the KBA Canada project, visit: https://kbacanada.org/
About The kihci-okâwîmâw askiy Knowledge Centre
The kihci-okâwîmâw askiy Knowledge Centre works for and with Indigenous communities to support the development of land related teaching, research and engagement opportunities of significance to Indigenous communities.
Photo by Harlan B. Herbert, Bugwood.org on forestryimages.org: Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum L.) in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The wood lily or western red lily is native to North America and the floral emblem of the province of Saskatchewan in Canada.