Meares Island

We Visited the First Nations Community That’s Standing Up to Mining Companies by Turning Their Land Into a Tribal Park

2023-08-03T15:03:52-04:00Categories: Indigenous-led conservation and IPCAs, Resource|Tags: Ecosystem Service Fees, Financial Solutions, Guardians, logging, Meares Island, Mining, Stewardship, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tribal Parks|

This article describes the evolution of Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, from its beginnings as a logging blockade to a more recent fight over resource extraction. The article also discusses ecosystem service fees as a funding model.

Canadian Battle Rages Over Lovely Timbered Isle

2023-08-03T15:03:30-04:00Categories: Indigenous-led conservation and IPCAs, Resource|Tags: BC, British Columbia, Cedar, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, IPCA, Jurisdiction, Meares Island, Salmon, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, Tribal Parks|

This article discusses the battle to defend Meares Island and its declaration as a Tribal Park in 1984.

Meares35 Videos

2023-08-05T09:36:43-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: BC, British Columbia, Establishing IPCAs, Establishment Stories, Jurisdiction, Jurisdiction/Legal Systems, Meares Island, Partnerships, Relationships, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, Tribal Parks, Wah’na’juss Hilth’hoo’iss|

This collection of short videos was produced in 2019 for the 35th anniversary of the Meares Island Tribal Park Declaration in 1984.

We Visited the First Nations Community That’s Standing Up to Mining Companies by Turning Their Land Into a Tribal Park

Canadian Battle Rages Over Lovely Timbered Isle

Meares35 Videos

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