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Gonezǫ́ begóhdı́le living thing is facing some kind of serious stress or
hardship. It is having a hard time.
Yerı gháré beghǫ ɂagudǝdı – Hardship or threat.
Something that is causing difficulty for living things, such
as pollution of land, water or air, habitat loss, drought,
forest fires, disease, or starvation. Some hardships are
normal but when the hardship is too great the living thing
is said to be “at risk”.
T’áhsı̨ Gódı Gonezǫ ́ Begóhdı́ le Ɂeɂá – Species at Risk
(NWT) Act. This is the name of the law in the NWT that
helps identify and protect species at risk.
Gódı Hé Dágǫ́ ht’e – How great the risk is for the living
thing. These terms are used to describe the status or how
much hardship a living thing is facing:
T’áhsı̨ gódı lı́e lahot’e húle – extinct – they are all gone from the world
Júhdá hı̨néné t’áhsı̨ gódı lı́e lahot’e húle – extirpated – they are all gone from the NWT
Ká nı̨wále behúle rágudı – endangered – they might all be gone in our lifetime
Lı́la horéno xaı egúhyǝ́ behúle rágudı – threatened – they might all be gone inour children’s lifetimes
Bek’e k’ı̨́naɂǝdıts’ewe gha got’ódéɂa – special concern – we need to keep an eye on them
Wáı begodǝ́ hots’enıhshǫ gha got’ódéɂa – data deficient – we don’t have enough info
Beghǫ Ɂagudǝdı́le – not at risk – they are doing fine