We have heard that concern from some elders, but we also know that if you take the long view that it is actually out of respect, that we’re doing this to try to get the best understanding possible about the caribou, which covers vast tracks of land and moving as only caribou know how they’re going to move, so that we can have the information to make the most informed decision both as co-management boards and as the territorial government. We do it very carefully. We do it with as much involvement of the local aboriginal governments and co-management boards as possible, recognizing that there is a fundamental need for some very basic up-to-date and comprehensive information on numbers.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 234-16(4): Caribou Conservation Measures And Traditional Knowledge
In the Legislative Assembly on February 2nd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 234-16(4): Caribou Conservation Measures And Traditional Knowledge
Oral Questions
February 1st, 2010
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