Q&A: A Call to ‘Braid’ Indigenous Rights and Endangered Species Laws

Indigenous leaders and researchers say recovery targets fall short for culturally important species

Endangered species laws can help protect wildlife from becoming extinct, but for Indigenous communities, they may not go far enough to restore the abundance of culturally important species.

In a recent paper published in Science, a team of authors, including Indigenous leaders and researchers from Canada and the U.S., address what they see as a gulf between these two goals and the importance of “braiding Indigenous rights and endangered species law.”

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