Haida Gwaii, MaPP and Marine Protection Russ Jones Manager, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Russ Jones

Manager, Marine Planning Council of the Haida Nation russ.jones@haidanation.com Atlantic Policy Congress – Indigenous Protected Areas Workshop

• Halifax. 29 March 2017.

Haida Gwaii, MaPP and Marine Protection

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Outline

• 1. Overview of marine planning in Haida Territory
• 2. Integrated planning: PNCIMA and MaPP
• 3. Marine Protection: CHN-BC Protected Areas, Gwaii

Haanas, SG̱aan Ḵinghlas – Bowie Seamount, MPA Network Process

• 4. Lessons Learned

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• 1. Overview of Marine Planning in

Haida Territory

• Pacific North Coast

Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA)

• Marine Planning Partnership

(MaPP)

• CHN-BC Protected Areas
• Gwaii Haanas
• SGaan Kinghlas – Bowie

Seamount MPA

• MPA Network Planning in

Northern Shelf Bioregion

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/ NSB

Gov’t to Gov’t Agreements

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Agreement

Parties

Pacific North Coast Collaborative Oceans Governance MOU (2008) FNs, DFO and BC Letter of Intent to Collaborate on Coastal and Marine Planning in the Pacific North Coast (2011) FNs and BC Strategic Land Use Agreement (2007) CHN & BC Kunst’aa guu – Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol (2009) CHN & BC Gwaii Haanas Agreement (1993) CHN & PC Gwaii Haanas Marine Agreement (2010) CHN, PC & DFO The SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Memorandum of Understanding (2007) CHN & DFO

Relationships & Governance

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CHN – Haida Nation DFO – Fisheries & Oceans Canada PC – Parks Canada BC – Province of British Columbia

Haida Gwaii Marine Plan MaPP Regional Action Framework SGaan Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount Advisory Gwaii Haanas Advisory Committee Science Advisory Committee Regional Marine Advisory Committee Integrated Oceans Advisory Committee

Haida Gwaii Marine Planning Coordination

Process/Plan Advisory Body Coordination Body

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• 2. Integrated Planning: PNCIMA and MaPP

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Integrated Planning

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“…a continuous process through which decisions are made for the sustainable use, development and protection of areas and resources … (that) acknowledges the interrelationships that exist among different uses and the environments they potentially affect. It is designed to overcome the fragmentation inherent in a sectoral management approach, analyzes the implications of development, conflicting uses and promotes linkages and harmonization among various activities.” (COS 2002, p. 36; see also Cicin-Sain and Knecht 1998, 39)

PNCIMA – Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area

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• Oceans Act 1996
• One of 5 national pilots

in 2004

• Collaborative

Governance MOU (2008) between DFO and First Nations. Expands to include BC (2010)

• DFO changes scope

(2011) to high-level strategic plan

• No spatial or

detailed sub-regional planning

Haida Perspective on PNCIMA Governance

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• 2. Integrated Planning

PNCIMA and MaPP Timeline

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2008 PNCIMA Collaborative Governance MOU

(Canada- FNs)

BC joins PNCIMA MOU (BC - Canada-FNs) 2010 DFO-FN Letter of Intent; FNs re-engage in PNCIMA 2012 Draft PNCIMA Plan for public review 2013 2014 Public Comment

• n MaPP

Plans 2011 Nov MaPP MOU between BC and FNs Interim Measures Agreement (Canada-FNs) 2002 2015 MaPP Plans Announced by BC and FNs 2011 Sep DFO changes scope of PNCIMA; FNs withdraw PNCIMA Plan Announced by BC, DFO and FNs 2017

Scope of the PNCIMA Plan (2017)

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• High-level strategic plan based on

ecosystem-based management (EBM). Two key components:

• EBM Framework
• 5 Implementation Priorities:
• Governance arrangements
• MPA network planning
• Monitoring and adaptive management
• Integrated economic opportunities
• Tools to support plan implementation
• Gaps: Spatial planning, fishing and shipping

MaPP – Marine Plan Partnership

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• Led by:
• Province of BC
• Council of the Haida Nation
• North Coast Skeena First Nations

Stewardship Society

• Central Coast Indigenous

Resource Alliance

• Nanwakolas Council
• 4 sub-regional plans: Haida Gwaii,

Northern Vancouver Island, North Coast, Central Coast

• Coordinating a regional action

framework

MaPP Governance Structure

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT

• Coordination
• Sub-regional

teams ADVISORY PROCESS

• Science
• Regional
• Sub-regional

Haida Marine Work Group

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Formed by CHN in 2006:

• Developed Haida Marine

vision, ethics and values

• Developed “Towards a Marine

Use Plan for Haida Gwaii” (2007)

• Guided Haida Marine

Traditional Knowledge Study

• Identified key marine issues

and concerns

• Identified ecologically and

culturally important areas

Haida Marine Traditional Knowledge Study

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• 3 year study
• 54 participants; ages 29 to 95
• 120 hours of audio and video

recording; 300 maps

• Covers 200 marine and maritime

species

• Public reports (3 volumes, 319 p)

www.haidamarineplanning.com/resources

HMTK Study - Themes

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• Location of significant sites

such as settlements, camps or cultural sites

• Location of important Haida

fishing and gathering sites

• Identification of ecologically

important areas

• Observations of trends in

marine species abundance and availability

• Brief family and work history

for each participant

Seasonal Round

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Scope of Haida Gwaii Marine Plan (2015)

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Five key sections:

• Vision, Ethics and Values,

Future Scenario

• General Management

Direction

• Economic Development

Direction

• Spatial Zoning
• Plan Implementation,

Monitoring and Amendment

Protection Management Zone

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• 3. Marine Protection

CHN-BC Protected Areas, Gwaii Haanas SG̱aan K̲inghlas – Bowie Seamount MPA Network Planning Process for the NSB

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CHN-BC Protected Areas

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• Haida Gwaii Strategic Land Use

Agreement in 2007 - Province

• f BC and CHN
• 11 new protected areas are

legislated under the Park Act

• Management plans completed

in 2011

• Marine boundaries legally

established in 2012

• Forms basis for MPA network

Land Use Planning Outcomes

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• Over 50% of Haida Gwaii land

base protected

• Haida use and access permitted

in all protected areas, except where conservation concerns are identified

• 72% of the coastline of Haida

Gwaii has some form of protection.

• Commitment to EBM approach

for marine and terrestrial management

• Cooperative governance/

decision-making framework

Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site

• National Park Reserve - National Marine Conservation Area Reserve

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• 1993 – Gwaii Haanas Agreement
• January 2010 – Gwaii Haanas

Marine Agreement

• May 2010 – Gwaii Haanas

Marine Area Interim Management Plan completed

• June 2010 –National Marine

Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site designated

• 2017 – AMB expect to complete

Integrated Land-Sea-People Plan

SGaan Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount MPA

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• 1997 – CHN designates SGaan

Kinghlas as a protected area

• 1998 – DFO identifies Seamount as

MPA Area of Interest under the Oceans Act.

• 2007 – DFO and CHN sign

Memorandum of Understanding. Establishes CHN-DFO Management Board.

• 2008 – Area designated as MPA

under Oceans Act

• 2017 - Management Board expects

to complete management plan

MPA Network Planning for BC Northern Shelf

• A PNCIMA priority
• Informed by MaPP

PMZs

• Involves Canada, BC

and 17 First Nations

• Aims to meet CBD Aichi

Target 11 (protect 10%

• f marine areas)
• Objective to complete by

2020

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MPA Network Process (cont.)

• Governance

structures not yet confirmed

• New MPAs are
• ne of five

strategies to achieve federal Marine Conservation Targets

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• 4. Lessons Learned

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Comparison of Haida Gwaii Initiatives

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Attribute PNCIMA MaPP Gwaii Haanas Marine CHN-BC PA SK-B PA MPA Network

Collaborative governance

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G2G agreements

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Other First Nations

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Mgmt Plan Completed 2017 2015 2017 ? 2012 2017 ? 2020 ?

• No. of Years

9 3 6+ 5+ 10+ 2+ CHN PA Designation

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Lessons Learned (Cont.)

• High value in internal up-front First Nation

preparation and planning

• Strength in cooperative planning and

alignment with adjacent First Nations

• Collaborative agreements are important

building blocks but take time and patience

• Community designations have proven a

useful tool

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