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Canadas Northwest Territories Biodiversity Action Plan Prepared by: Jody Snortland, SRRB & Suzanne Carriere, GNWT WGRI-2 Meeting, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2007 Outline Northwest Territories - Sahtu Biodiversity in the NWT

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Canada’s Northwest Territories

Biodiversity Action Plan

Prepared by: Jody Snortland, SRRB & Suzanne Carriere, GNWT

WGRI-2 Meeting, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2007

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Outline

  • Northwest Territories - Sahtu
  • Biodiversity in the NWT
  • Challenges and Opportunities
  • Action Planning
  • Implementation in the Sahtu
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Northwest Territories ‘Denendeh’

  • 42,982 people
  • 1,171,918 km2

(= twice France)

  • 3.7 persons per

100 km2

  • 5.3 caribou per

100 km2

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Northwest Territories Languages

  • DENE (Chipewyan,

Gwich’in, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tłįcho)

  • INUIT/INUVIALUIT

(Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun)

  • CREE
  • ENGLISH
  • FRANÇAIS
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Land Claim Agreements

Settled Land Claims

  • Inuvialuit – 1984
  • Gwich’in – 1992
  • Sahtu – 1993
  • Tłįcho – 2005
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# Y # Y # Y # Y # Y

K'asho G

  • t'ine

District Tulita District D eline District C

  • lville Lake

Fort Good Hope Norman Wells Tulita Deline

  • 2629 people
  • 283,000 km2
  • 1.0 person per

100 km2

  • Language:

North Slavey

  • ‘Sahtu’ means

Great Bear Lake

Sahtu Settlement Area

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Biodiversity in the NWT

  • About 30,000 species
  • 75 mammals, 273 birds, 100 fish, 1107 plants
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  • Large Lakes and Rivers
  • From Boreal Forest & Mountains to Tundra

Dè = the land “All things infused with life, including rocks”

Ecosystems in the NWT

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Mackenzie Delta

Northern Arctic

Peary Caribou

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Southern Arctic

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Taiga Plains

Mackenzie River ‘Deh Cho’

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Taiga Shield

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Taiga Cordillera

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Beaufort Sea

Polar Bear

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Challenges & Opportunities

Challenges

  • Dual economy
  • Increasing pressure
  • Outstanding Land Claims
  • Stressed capacity to adapt

Opportunities

  • Vast and relatively pristine
  • Complementary forms of

knowledge

  • Vibrant economy
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Action Planning

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Academia

Aurora College and Aurora Research Institute

Aboriginal Governments and Land Claim Settlement Organizations

Dene Nation Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) Sahtu Renewable Resources Board

Non-Governmental Organizations

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Ducks Unlimited Canada World Wildlife Fund

Territorial Government

Government of the Northwest Territories (Forest) Government of the Northwest Territories (Wildlife) Government of the Northwest Territories (Transportation) Government of the Northwest Territories (Protected Areas Strategy Secretariat)

Federal Government

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Environment Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Parks Canada

Industry

BHP Billiton – Ekati Diamond Mine

NWT Biodiversity Team

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NWT Biodiversity Team

  • Open System
  • Members are Independent
  • No Complex Funding Exchange
  • Work at Pace of Majority
  • Implementation by

Organizations at own pace

Planning with one Funding Agency

Government of the Northwest Territories provided actual funds All other Team members provided “in-kind” help

Aurora Borealis

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Action Planning

Portrait

  • Context
  • Complete list of

Current Actions

  • Responsibilities

….200 pages

www.nwtwildlife.enr.gov.nt.ca/biodiversity/biodiversity_action_plan.htm

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Action Planning

Analysis & Recommended Actions on

  • Species at Risk
  • Protected Areas
  • Sustainable Forests
  • Sustainable Use of Species
  • Climate Change
  • Invasive Alien Species
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Action Implementation

Every year by Everybody NEXT STEP – assess what is happening on the “ground”

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Action Implementation

2008

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Implementation in the Sahtu

  • Co-management System
  • Local to regional approach in community

consultation

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Implementation in the Sahtu

  • Aboriginal Programs on the

Sustainable Use of Wildlife

  • Harvest Studies & Research
  • Promotion, Education and

Training in the Sustainable Use

  • f Wildlife
  • Management Planning for

Harvested Species

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  • Co-management & teamwork
  • Implementation that respects

all cultures

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Thank You ‘Mashi Cho’

For more information: Sahtu Renewable Resources Board Tulita, NT X0E 0K0 Ph: (867) 588-4040 Email: director@srrb.nt.ca

www.srrb.nt.ca

Environment & Natural Resources, Government of Northwest Territories Yellowknife, NT X Ph: (867) 920-6327 Email: suzanne_carriere@gov.nt.ca

www.enr.gov.nt.ca