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First Nations business group touts Indigenous-led climate solutions – Northern Ontario Business

October 3, 2024

Indigenous leadership is crucial to sustainable change, according to the Anishnawbe Business Professional Association

THUNDER BAY — The federal government needs to invest in Indigenous-led “nature-based solutions” to address climate change, says Jason Rasevych.

Rasevych is president of the Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA), a non-profit organization serving the First Nations business community within Treaty 3, Treaty 5, Treaty 9 and the Robinson Superior and Robison Huron treaty areas.

This week at a Nature United conference in Ottawa, he called for the federal government to allocate at least $1 billion of its Indigenous loan-guarantee program to “Indigenous-led nature-based climate solutions.”

Read More: https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/aboriginal-businesses/first-nations-business-group-touts-indigenous-led-climate-solutions-9601031

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