Protect the Caribou: Implement the Nunavut Land Use Plan

Barren-ground caribou populations are in serious decline, losing about 95% of the population in the last 30 years. This horrific depopulation is a result of many human and environmental factors coming together, including climate change and mining development in the Arctic.

Caribou are very sensitive in their calving grounds. Even small disturbance can cause failed reproduction, calf abandonment and mortality. The Nunavut Land Use Plan offers a solution. It recommends that caribou calving and post-calving grounds become protected from development like mining. By protecting these critical areas caribou are given a better chance at reproduction and preserving their population.

Sign today to give a voice to the caribou and stand for their protection in the Arctic.

Even if the Nunavut Land Use Plan is implemented, as it is, the federal government still has the ability to grandfather in current mining and development projects. The proposals of conservation and protection must be binding and not subject to grandfathering projects in. The conservation of these precious animals must be the number one priority, instead of corporation mining interests. 

Sign today to protect these majestic Arctic animals.