The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

• Main Authors: Kira M. Hoffman (Author), Amy Cardinal Christianson (Author), Sarah Dickson-Hoyle (Author), Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz (Author), William Nikolakis (Author), David A. Diabo (Author), Robin McLeod (Author), Herman J. Michell (Author), Abdullah Al Mamun (Author), Alex Zahara (Author), Nicholas Mauro (Author), Joe Gilchrist (Author), Russell Myers Ross (Author), Lori D. Daniels (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads. Although Indigenous Peoples have maintained fire stewardship practices for millennia and continue to be keepers of fire knowledge, significan...