EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Lessons Learned from B.C. Examples

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation
Partners: The Firelight Group

Environmental rights, Biodiversity Indigenous protected and conserved areas, British Columbia, caribou, conservation, Indigenous Peoples, land use

We travelled to communities in B.C. that are establishing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas to share lessons learned.

Indigenous Peoples across Canada are taking a leadership role in protecting places that are essential to them and securing spaces where they can actively practice Indigenous ways of life.

This is the summary of a report that builds on important foundational work including a recent report completed by the Canadian Indigenous Circle of Experts, We Rise Together: Achieving Pathway to Canada Target 1 through the creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in the spirit of practice and reconciliation.