Acho Dene Koe First Nation Boreal Caribou Traditional Knowledge and Cumulative Impacts Qualitative Assessment

Boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are traditionally a highly significant species to ADKFN and the species is currently listed as ‘threatened’ under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA). As a keystone indicator species both culturally and ecologically, boreal caribou are the focal point of the Study and form the basis of the analysis of the cumulative impacts of both human and natural disturbances occurring in ADKFN territory. The Study is being conducted under the Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (CIMP) to supplement the program’s goals of better understanding and mitigating the cumulative impacts and environmental trends affecting caribou, water, and fish in the region.