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North American environmental officials to converge on Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT – Three of the top environmental officials in North America will be in Yellowknife later this month for a discussion on traditional ecological knowledge.

Canada’s Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq will host Mexico’s secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Explorer Hotel July 16th to 18th.

They’ll be discussing their environmental agendas and how to incorporate traditional aboriginal knowledge into them.

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