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HEG Review of Park to Protect Chimpanzee’s

Posted on May 7th, 2021 by admin@theheg

Guinea is in the process of creating a new 6,500 Km2 National Park in the Bafing basin to protect the largest chimpanzee population in West Africa.  The creation and subsequent operations of the Moyen-Bafing National Park (MBPN) is partly being funded by the Biodiversity Offset programs of bauxite mining companies operating in the country.  HEG […]

Fort McKay Metis Nation Harvest Camp

Posted on October 23rd, 2019 by admin@theheg

HEG partners Carrie Oloriz and Rob Stuart attend the Fort McKay Métis Harvest camp to share some of the results of the Community-Based Wetland Monitoring Program and to help facilitate a Métis Story-telling event September 24-29

HEG Attends United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII 2019)

Posted on June 14th, 2019 by admin@theheg

HEG Partner Carrie Oloriz had the honor of joining the “Tracking Change” research team in New York for the 2019 Global Knowledge Symposium and the United Nation’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) (Apr. 29-May 4, 2019). Carrie shared some of her research into the role of local fishers’ knowledge and cultural values in decision-making […]

Working with Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe on TransMountain Pipeline Expansion

Posted on January 11th, 2019 by admin@theheg

Carrie Oloriz is supporting the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe as the First Nations undertake Phase 3 Consultation for the TransMountain Pipeline Expansion Project.  The work builds on the Integrated Cultural Assessment that the HEG helped the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe complete during initial consultation in the TMX Project.