##  [Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan applauded by conservationists for protecting critical caribou habitat](/portal/boreal-caribou/news/draft-nunavut-land-use-plan-applauded-conservationists-protecting) 

    **Aug 9th, 2021** 

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The Nunavut Planning Commission recently released a draft of a land-use plan for the territory which designates caribou calving grounds as protected year-round from industrial activity.

Location of the calving grounds on Baffin Island was identified using Inuit traditional Knowledge and a study from the Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board.

Full article\*: [Conservationists cheer latest proposal to protect land in Nunavut | Nunatsiaq News](https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/conservationists-cheer-latest-proposal-to-protect-nunavut-land/)

The 2021 Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan can be found [here](https://www.nunavut.ca/news/2021/latest-news-its-here-updated-2021-nunavut-draft-land-use-plan-has-been-released-draft-plan). Comments on the plan can be submitted in writing to the Nunavut Planning Commission by September 30, 2021.

\*This article is being shared by the National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium as the subject matter discussed pertains to caribou and may be of interest to our audience.



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