Inaugural Global Indigenous Carbon Summit held in Regina
and First Nations from across Canada to “exercise their environmental sovereignty and initiate their rights to the carbon credits originated on their lands.”“We as First Nations people have always understood the importance of maintaining balance with mother earth — it is one of our natural laws. At the same time, we need to have access to economic opportunity to build our Nation in a sustainable way,” said Nekaneet First Nation Chief Alvin Francis in a press release.
Generally, carbon credits give their owner the right to produce a certain amount of carbon or other greenhouse gasses.
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