Indigenous Rights and Private Conservation: Creating Pathways for Respect and Responsibility.

On December 14, 2021, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and OKT Law co-hosted a dialogue to explore the legacy of private land conservation in Canada and how we can collectively create pathways to recognize and respect Indigenous laws, governance and self-determination.

Despite creating significant public benefits, private land conservation has often occurred without a full appreciation and understanding of the impacts on Indigenous rights and title. Without a significant paradigm shift, private land conservation practices will continue to perpetuate unreconciled relationships among Indigenous Peoples, non-Indigenous peoples and public governments.

We explored what this shift could look like from a variety of perspectives and how we could build pathways to collective responsibility for conservation. This webinar drew from key insights of a report: Respect and Responsibility: Integrating Indigenous Rights and Private Conservation in Canada.

This webinar is brought to you by the CRP Domestic Law and Policy Stream and Indigenous Land Trust Sharing Circle, and supported by OKT Law and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Watch the full recording below.