"Mushkegowuk hopes for 'parallel process' on terrestrial, marine conservation"

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Shores of Hudson Bay! The view from Polar Bear Point (Hudson Bay Ontario).

The James Bay Lowlands holds massive deposits of metals such as chromite and palladium. The area is also one wetland important to the First Nations and a multitude of wildlife, as well as any other local in the region. For some the planned mining and smelting development, called the Ring of Ring, could mean wealth, while for many others it could mean an ecological and economical disaster.

The Mushkegowuk Council is working to insure that IF the development occurs that it will happen with proper First Nations oversight and environmental reviews and protections.

The Ring of Fire will cause environmental issues in the region. Even with the First Nations and others receiving money from the development for many of them and the rest of the world it may not be worth the money. Only the developers and their investors may truly profit off of this. The wealthiest of them would probably never notice the damage done. To insure IF it is done that it is actually done up to par for once doesn't seem like a bad idea.

"We do not own the land. The land is who we are. We are the guardians of this land on behalf of our future generations. It's all our responsibility to look after this land," he said. "It's no longer about us, it's about everybody. The whole region, the whole earth is suffering from the changes that are happening."

  • Vern Cheechoo

Northern carbon sink

Read the full article from Dariya Baiguzhiyeva of Timmins Today :
https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/mushkegowuk-hopes-for-parallel-process-on-terrestrial-marine-conservation-3879764

Read "Mushkegowuk chiefs call for moratorium on the Ring of Fire development" :
https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/mushkegowuk-chiefs-call-for-moratorium-on-the-ring-of-fire-development-3257273

Read more about the Ring of Fire mining and smelting development plan :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_(Northern_Ontario)#:~:text=The%20Ring%20of%20Fire%20is,Bay%20Lowlands%20of%20Northern%20Ontario.&text=Prior%20to%20its%20discovery%2C%20Canada,chromite%2C%20principally%20from%20South%20Africa.





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