Jurisdiction

Advancing Indigenous Rights through Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)

2023-08-03T15:13:27-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: Canadian Environmental Law Association, CELA, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs, Jurisdiction, Policy|

This toolkit, developed by the Canadian Environmental Law Association, aims to shed light on IPCAs as an emerging legal mechanism for protecting lands and water.

Landmark Agreement Appoints Coastal Guardian Watchmen with Provincial Authority

2023-08-03T15:13:06-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: Agreement, BC, British Columbia, Coastal First Nations, Coastal Guardian Watchmen, Ecological Reserve Act, Jurisdiction, Kitasoo/Xai’xais Nation, Nuxalk Nation, Park Act, Stewardship|

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.

The Bras d’Or Lakes Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative

2023-08-03T15:11:05-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: Bras d’Or Lakes, Cape Breton, Cape Breton First Nations, CEPI, Co-governance, Co-management, Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative, Jurisdiction, Nova Scotia, Relationships, Two-Eyed Seeing|

AAROM; Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management; Aquatic Resource; Atlantic provinces; BC; British Columbia; DFO; Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Fisheries; Guardians; Marine Conservation; Mi'gmag Maliseet; Mi’gmaq and Maliseet Aboriginal Fisheries Management Association; MMAFMA; Northwest Territories; NWT; Quebec; Stewardship; Toolkit

What is Land Back? Land Governance: Past, Present, Future

2023-08-03T15:07:36-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: Biodiversity, Colonialism, Connection to Land, Dispossession, FPIC, Free Prior and Informed Consent, Indian Act, Indigenous Law, Indigenous Rights, Jurisdiction, Land Back, Land Use, Partnerships Reciprocity, Reconciliation, Reservations, Residential Schools, Responsibility, restoration, Self-determination, UNDRIP, Wampum Belt, water|

This series of videos examines how land governance must change to recognize and uphold Indigenous rights and responsibilities and to restore nature’s once abundant ecosystems.

For Our Grandchildren

2023-08-03T15:07:00-04:00Categories: Indigenous-led conservation and IPCAs, Resource|Tags: BC, Bear, British Columbia, Clayoquot River Valley, Indigenous Knowledge, Jurisdiction, Knowledge Systems, Salmon, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tribal Parks|

This video takes you through Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation traditional territory and focuses on very precious areas where resource extraction is severely limited.