Braiding Indigenous rights and endangered species law

Science. 2023 May 19;380(6646):694-696. doi: 10.1126/science.adg9830. Epub 2023 May 18.

Clayton T Lamb^{1

2}, Roland Willson³, Allyson K Menzies⁴, Naomi Owens-Beek⁵, Michael Price⁶, Scott McNay⁷, Sarah P Otto^{8

9}, Mateen Hessami², Jesse N Popp⁴, Mark Hebblewhite¹⁰, Adam T Ford^{1

2}

¹ Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
² Wildlife Science Center-Biodiversity Pathways, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
³ West Moberly First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC, Canada.
⁴ School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
⁵ Saulteau First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC, Canada.
⁶ Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
⁷ Wildlife Infometrics, Mackenzie, BC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁹ Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁰ Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.

Abstract

Recovery targets fall short of culturally meaningful abundance.