British Columbia

First Nations of the North Pacific coast celebrate milestone for coastal conservation and community development

2025-06-23T10:51:49-04:00Categories: Financing and Indigenous- led Conservation Economies, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This press release announces the completion of the Great Bear Sea Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) initiative, which has secured long-term marine conservation and community development funding.

The underwater mountains that can’t be hiked: Canada’s newest marine protected area

2025-06-20T17:28:16-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This article highlights the creation of Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is, Canada's largest marine protected area (MPA), through a partnership between the Haida Nation, Pacheedaht First Nation, Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, Quatsino First Nation and the Government of Canada.

Indigenous conservation area created off Vancouver Island’s coast

2025-06-23T10:42:00-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This news article reports on the announcement by the Wei Wai Kum First Nation to establish the Homayno Indigenous Protection and Conservation Area (IPCA).

Indigenous Watersheds Initiative: Interim Impact Report

2025-06-23T12:48:41-04:00Categories: Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This report highlights the importance of Indigenous-led efforts to protect vital ecosystems. The experiences of the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative (IWI) offer valuable insights that can support wider conversations on decolonizing watershed protection, restoration, and management.

Reclaiming the Xhotsa: climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration via the return of Sumas Lake

2025-06-23T12:49:08-04:00Categories: Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This article examines the history and future of Sumas Lake (Xhotsa) in British Columbia, once central to the Semá Nation’s food system before being drained in 1924 during a campaign of land dispossession.

The Youth Perspective: A watershed victory for the Grizzly Bear Spirit

2024-06-21T11:47:50-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In this blog post, Trinda Cote, Indigenous Youth Ambassador for Living Lakes Canada, recounts the battle to protect Qat’muk, the sacred Jumbo Valley home to the Grizzly Bear Spirit, from the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort.

Backgrounder: Hada (Bond Sound) & Kakweikan (Thompson Sound) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area

2024-06-21T11:14:15-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This backgrounder provides context for the Hada and Kakweikan Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA).

Hada (Bond Sound) & Kakweikan (Thompson Sound) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area Declaration

2024-06-21T11:09:22-04:00Categories: IPCA Planning and Establishment, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This is the official declaration of the Hada and Kakweikan Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA)

‘From mountaintop to seafloor’: First Nation declares new 40,000-hectare protected area on B.C. coast

2024-06-21T10:48:22-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This article from the Narwhal covers the story of Ḵwiḵwa̱sut'inux̱w Ha̱xwa’mis First Nation's declaration of the Hada and Kakweikan Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA).

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