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Emerging Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: The Unama’ki Mi’kmaw IPCA Project

By Trish Nash, Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources

This blog provides a report on the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources’ (UINR) efforts to establish an Indigenous and Protected Areas (IPCA). We hope that the blog can inform Indigenous-led conservation efforts across Canada, specifically around emerging IPCAs.

Year 2CRPApril 9, 2021Mi'kmaq, IPCAs, conservation governance

Indigenous-led conversation can help us reverse the decline of species at risk of extinction in Canada

By James Snider, WWF-Canada VP Science, Knowledge and Innovation

In Canada, our recent focus has largely been on Aichi Target 11: protecting 17 per cent of our land and inland waters, and 10 percent of our marine areas. The Government of Canada has additionally stated an ambitious goal of protecting 25 percent by 2025 and 30 percent by 2030. It’s a bold move that should be applauded, but to be meaningful — that is, to ultimately stop and reverse the trends of wild loss underway in Canada — we need to look beyond area-based targets alone.

Year 2CRPSeptember 22, 2020Living Planet Report, Biodiversity, IPCAs, Ethical Space

“Take your maps and go!" From colonialism to consent in conservation”

By Larry Innes

50 years ago, a delegation from Ottawa chartered a bush plane into the small and remote Denesǫłine village of Łutsël K’e (then called Snowdrift). Twenty-one federal officials packed into the small band council office, and unrolled maps showing the boundaries of a new National Park on the East Arm of the Great Slave Lake, covering much of the territory that the community hunted and trapped for its livelihood.