ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 11月7日 10時11分

The indigenous groups thought they had reached a deal: A vast landscape in the north of Yukon Territory would be mostly set aside for preservation, with only a small percentage allotted to industrial development. But then the Yukon government decided to push aside a recommendation agreed to by a joint government-indigenous commission. Instead, it favored far more development in the wilderness, which has huge deposits of coal, gas and minerals. Now the 26,000 square miles of the Peel Watershed — an area where mountain sheep graze on the sides of snow-capped peaks, and grizzlies and wolves hunt caribou and moose along the banks of 6 pristine rivers — is at the heart of a legal battle before Canada’s Supreme Court. The case will also determine how much influence Canada’s #indigenous groups will have over land and natural resources in their traditional territories. The original agreement to protect 80% of the watershed from industrial development resulted from 7 years of study by the joint indigenous-government commission. The modern treaties were supposed to give 3 indigenous groups, or First Nations, a voice in deciding the fate of the watershed, one of the largest stretches of wilderness left in North America. The government says the recommendation from the commission is simply that — a recommendation and not binding. But the First Nations say the treaties are meaningless unless the recommendation is upheld. And environmentalists say that Canada’s legal system is flawed, because it ends up favoring resource extraction. A decision against the indigenous groups would reinforce this argument. The Supreme Court’s decision, expected soon, will have an impact far beyond #Yukon. @avelkaim photographed the #HartRiver, which runs through the Yukon’s Peel Watershed. Visit the link in our profile to read the full coverage.

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