New study identifies the cost of restoring the Sumas Xhotsa (Lake) as a tool for reconciliation, climate adaptation, and ecosystem restoration

New study identifies the cost of restoring the Sumas Xhotsa (Lake) as a tool for reconciliation, climate adaptation, and ecosystem restoration

ByRaincoast Conservation Foundation

In collaboration with Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and researchers from the Indigenous-led Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, the Martin Conservation Decisions Lab at the University of British, and West Coast Environmental Law, Raincoast authored a new study that analyzes Indigenous laws and oral traditions with an assessment of the economic costs of ‘managed retreat’, the purposeful relocation of…

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https://www.raincoast.org/2024/07/sumas-xhotsa-lake-reconciliation-climate-adaptation-ecosystem-restoration/

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