By Benjamin Larue,\u00a0 Allen Niptanatiak and Amanda Dumond Delegates are gathering in Campo Grande, Brazil, for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. The meeting aims to address growing threats to migratory animals \u2014 from birds and whales to large land mammals. The outcome could matter for caribou \u2014 one of Canada\u2019s most recognizable wildlife species, immortalized on the country\u2019s 25-cent quarters. Canada has not ratified the convention, but COP15 still matters here: it sets global norms and shines an international spotlight on a crisis unfolding in Canada\u2019s North. Every year, migratory tundra caribou travel hundreds \u2014 sometimes thousands \u2014 of kilometres across the Arctic and subarctic. These journeys are the longest known terrestrial migrations on Earth. As… <\/p>\n
By Benjamin Larue,\u00a0 Allen Niptanatiak and Amanda Dumond Delegates are gathering in Campo Grande, Brazil, for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. The meeting aims to address growing threats to migratory animals \u2014 from birds and whales to large land mammals. The outcome could matter for caribou \u2014 one of Canada\u2019s most recognizable wildlife species, immortalized on the country\u2019s 25-cent quarters. Canada has not ratified the convention, but COP15 still matters here: it sets global norms and shines an international spotlight on a crisis unfolding in Canada\u2019s North. Every year, migratory tundra caribou travel hundreds \u2014 sometimes thousands \u2014 of kilometres across the Arctic and subarctic. These journeys are the longest known terrestrial migrations on Earth. As... <\/p>\n