A Migratory Cariboo Convention

• Published in: Canadian Yearbook of international Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international
• Main Author: Bankes, N. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Law; Political Science and International Relations; Yukon; Canada; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0069005800012868; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0069005800012868

Over the last decade several proposals have been made for the creation of an international wildlife range between northeast Alaska and northern Yukon Territory, and for a convention between Canada and the United States to regulate the Porcupine caribou herd. The herd, one of the largest barren ground caribou herds in North America, regularly migrates across the United States-Canadian boundary. It is harvested in both countries by Indians and Inuit. Since the vitality of the caribou herd may be affected by developments on either side of the border, such as overharvesting, construction of pipelines or highways, influx of tourists, open access hunting policies, and oil and gas drilling, the herd requires co-operative management.