This report examines how IPCAs can offer pathways to bring together Indigenous and Crown legal systems. It looks at SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area in Haida Gwaii and Thaidene Nëné in Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation territory as two contemporary examples of how this can occur.
The buffalo treaty works to restore plains bison to the landscape and and renew relationships between this vital keystone species and Indigenous peoples of North America. This treaty brings together 31 tribes representing over 100,000 people and is the largest treaty among First Nations of the plains since 1850.
This page on the Government of the Northwest Territories website lists ongoing legislative initiatives on the topic of conservation and discusses the Partnership Process involved in these legislative initiatives (which include the Protected Areas Act, the Environmental Rights Act, and the Forest Act).
This law affirms affirms the inherent jurisdiction and law-making authority of the Tsilhqot'in Nation.
This publication is a global survey of case studies of the rapidly developing rights of [...]
This blog explores the emerging new conservation paradigm in Canada as Indigenous peoples assert not [...]
This book analyses Treaty 1 from the perspective of Anishinabe laws (inaakinigewin).
This book discusses the nature and sources of law in Canada and argues that the country's constitution is incomplete without a broader acceptance of Indigenous legal traditions
This post discusses Indigenous conservation and rights in the context of COVID-19.
This is a guide that explains how Indigenous Rights and Private Land Conservation can be integrated in the Canadian context.