IPCA Planning and Establishment
These resources show how some Indigenous Nations, governments, and communities are planning for and creating IPCAs. This includes different models and ways of making decisions.
Planning in a Good Way Commons: A Shared Collection of IPCA Planning Tools and Templates
This Commons is a shared collection of adaptable tools, templates, and reflections to support those involved in leading or facilitating the planning process for an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA).
Indigenous Laws in the Context of Conservation
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.
Governance of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
This webinar introduces foundational concepts about Indigenous approaches to governance, highlighting different examples from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (BC), Miꞌkma'ki (NS), Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation (NWT), and the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation (BC).
nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ iʔ k̓ łluxʷnwixʷmntətDeclaration of the Ashnola sməlqmíx Protected and Conserved Area Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ provides information about the Ashnola sməlqmíx Protected and Conserved Area. Key questions such as implications for economic development in the area, how the IPCA can be supported, legal questions, and the next steps for sməlqmíx are answered.
IPCA Governance Models: A Snapshot of Existing Conservation Governance Arrangements
This resource is intended for Indigenous Nations and governments who are interested or currently engaged in the creation of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) or other Indigenous-led conservation initiatives. It provides a snapshot of how IPCAs are being governed across what is now known as Canada.
IPCA Creation Guide
Indigenous Nations and communities lead the creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas or “IPCAs,” This is what makes IPCAs so unique. IPCAs vary from territory to territory and nation to nation. Yet, they share features like ecological conservation and elevating Indigenous rights and responsibilities.
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Kaska-B.C. Land Use Planning Project
This website outlines the Kaska First Nations' land use planning process in partnership with the government of British Columbia.
Ant Lihlx Lax’yip –Guardians of the Land
This website introduces Ant Lihlx Lax’yip – Guardians of the Land, an Indigenous-led initiative by Wilps ‘Wii K’aax of the Gitxsan Nation to declare and steward an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) across three key watersheds in their sovereign, unceded territories.
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