Publish at August 07 2024 Updated August 07 2024
With climate change come consequences like rising temperatures, of course, but also droughts and disasters like forest fires. Canada has seen its share of devastating fires, with major repercussions across North America. Yet, with the help of First Nations' ancestral knowledge, some disasters could have been avoided or at least mitigated.
That's what two researchers say in this report from Radio-Canada in British Columbia. It shows a member of the Skeetchsten First Nation organizing burns using his people's immemorial techniques.
This former forest firefighter has returned to his community and seen the ravages of forest fires in recent years. Every summer, concerns mount as the fire season grows longer and longer. So, he carries out controlled burns just as his ancestors did before governments banned it (except on reserve territory). He sets fire to old or dry grasses or trees that could become fuel for fires.
In 2015, the climate conference finally recognized the traditional knowledge of First Nations in all countries as a means of combating climate change. As a result, burning is being reintroduced on some territories, and British Columbia seems ready to carry out pilot projects to reduce the potential natural fuels and thus the danger of forest fires.
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