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MPA Network: Network Action Plan

2023-08-03T15:14:19-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

This webpage provides an overview of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Northern Shelf Bioregion which extends from the top of Vancouver Island (Quadra Island / Bute Inlet) and reaches north to the Canada-Alaska border.

Video: Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation Marine Protected Area

2023-08-03T15:14:01-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This video from CNN provides a brief overview of Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) Marine Protected Area (MPA) declared by the Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation (British Columbia).

‘We are inseparable from our land’: Gitxsan Nation house group declares 170,000 hectares of territory protected

2023-08-03T15:13:42-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This article from the Narwhal reports on the declaration of a new Indigenous Protected Area by the Gitxsan Nation house group in the upper Skeena River watershed in northwest British Columbia.

Landmark Agreement Appoints Coastal Guardian Watchmen with Provincial Authority

2023-08-03T15:13:06-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This media story from Coastal First Nations covers the landmark agreement between the province of BC and First Nations to appoint Coastal Guardian Watchmen with provincial authority.

News Release: Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation Declares New Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) Marine Protected Area On Great Bear Coast

2023-08-03T15:13:22-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This news release from the Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation announces the New Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) Marine Protected Area on the Great Bear Coast (British Columbia).

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