INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION AREAS IN CANADA SELF-DETERMINATION, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
NANATCH-TUK • Three roots: UN Convention on Biological Diversity, The Origin Story of Canada and The Elder Societies • A 33 year pilot project: Tribal Parks on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve • Bundling Solutions: Climate Action and Biodiversity Solutions through Reconciliation
INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION AREAS • Modern expressions and application of Indigenous Law • Section 35 assertion strategies “Tribal Parks as Constitutional Parks” • Dual Reconciliation process
THREE ROOTS OF ICA’S • The 1993 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Understanding and respecting the biological-cultural diversity connection • Rediscovering Canada’s Origin Story through Reconciliation: The Seven Years War, Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty at Fort Niagara of 1764 • The Elder Societies of “Canada”: Rights and Responsibilities, two sides of the same coin
33 YEARS OF TRIBAL PARKS IN CANADA • The Meares Island Tribal Park Declaration of 1984: Meditations on Iisaak, for manifesting a balanced future for Clayoquot Sound • Self-determination, sustainable livelihoods and environmental security in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve • Teechmis Ookhin, Hishuk-ish Tsawaak, Quay-qwiik-suup, Uyuthluk-usma, Nee-was-nish Nisma
BUNDLING SOLUTIONS • Acting on Climate Change: Indigenous Innovations “A research initiative with The National Indian Brotherhood, McGill University, The First Nations of Quebec Sustainable Development Institute, The Arctic Institute for Community Based Research and The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance • The Pathway to Canada Target 1: Indigenous Circle of Experts “Since time immemorial, honoring Treaty for collective security, peaceful commerce and bioregional economics” • The blueprint for Reconciliation has two interconnected levels: Among diverse elements of society and between humanity and the “species community”
CONCLUSION • There is a unique opportunity for us to move forward in Canada in a good way to correct historical injustices and in the same movements, lay foundation for a more just future • Yes, there are many challenges. But that is nothing to shy away from… in fact, that is something to be intrigued with, and to embrace • As Quu-us, we have access to a full range of emotional language, and most importantly, we are accountable to our unborn future ancestors
CONTACT INFORMATION Eli Enns Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Regional Coordinator, North America Indigenous Peoples and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCA) Consortium www.iccaconsortium.org Chair, Indigenous Circle of Experts Pathway to Canada Target 1 www.conservation2020canada.ca
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