Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı- Sahtú Renewable Resources Board (SRRB) partnered with Canadian Mountain Network to introduce the Nı́o Nę P'ęnę́ - Trails of the Mountain Caribou: Renewing Indigenous Relationships in Conservation research project. This five-year Indigenous-led program involves researching the relationship between Indigenous well-being and caribou conservation in the Mackenzie Mountain area of the Sahtú Region, NWT and has partners from Tulı́t'a, Norman Wells, and Ross River.
The Nı́o Nę P’ęnę́ Hub is structured by ancient trails across northwestern mountain landscapes that intertwine cold climate families, nations, wildlife, and water flows first disrupted by the imposition of colonial boundaries and governance systems, and then counterpoised by modern treaties and Indigenous governance systems. These mountain landscapes are now impacted in drastic ways by climate change and socio-economic pressures.
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This status designates the land protection areas whose development and management are ensured by the Indigenous communities. Thus, these statuses are implemented and applied by the communities themselves according to the needs and specificities of the targeted places or lands. The federal government is increasingly recognizing these protected areas for formal inclusion in the Canadian Protected Areas Register and is providing funding to facilitate their establishment, although many of these areas are not yet formally recognized by governments.
Nomination: Local Management Initiative
Useful links:
List of APCAs recognized by the government
Federal Programs for Aboriginal Leadership and Initiatives
Indigenous Guardians of the Land Program
Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk
Aboriginal Circle of Experts Guide to Biodiversity Protection
