Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

Government of Canada provides more than $2.4M to establish Innu Guardian Programs at Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park and Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Lawrence Marine Park, and $1.1 million for the program at Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.

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  • Lawrence Marine Park, and $1.1 million for the program at Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.
  • These new programs will be in addition to the Wolastokuk Guardians, of the Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation at Saguenay–St.
  • Lawrence Marine Park and the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve."
  • Parks Canada received up to $61.7 million from Budget 2021 for Indigenous Guardian Programs at Parks Canada administered places.

Government of Canada advancing on goal of creating 10 new national marine conservation areas with new policy direction

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Friday, February 3, 2023
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It identifies a suite of management tools for NMCAs, including regulatory tools to be developed under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.

Key Points: 
  • It identifies a suite of management tools for NMCAs, including regulatory tools to be developed under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
  • This new policy guidance lays the groundwork for effective collaboration with all partners and gets us closer to our goal of creating ten national marine conservation areas in Canada.
  • The new Policy will now better align with the 2002 Canada's National Marine Conservation Areas Act, global commitments to marine conservation, several decades of managing NMCAs, and the current priorities set by the Government of Canada.
  • Parks Canada works with Indigenous communities across the country as partners in conserving natural heritage, including the establishment of national marine conservation areas.

Governments of Canada, British Columbia, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv working together to protect Central Coast of British Columbia

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Friday, August 13, 2021
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Memorandum of Understanding signed to launch a feasibility assessment for a proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in British Columbia's Central Coast.

Key Points: 
  • Memorandum of Understanding signed to launch a feasibility assessment for a proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in British Columbia's Central Coast.
  • For millennia, the wellbeing of the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai'Xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv have been linked, inextricably, to the health of the marine environment.
  • Input from consultations will provide important feedback for consideration in the Central Coast National Marine Conservation Area Reserve feasibility assessment process.
  • All British Columbians care about our coast it's a part of our identity and know we need to protect its health.

The Government of Canada and the Haida Nation announce Voluntary Protection Zone trial on west coast of Haida Gwaii

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Friday, September 4, 2020
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The Voluntary Protection Zone is part of the Proactive Vessel Management initiative under Canada's Oceans Protection Plan.

Key Points: 
  • The Voluntary Protection Zone is part of the Proactive Vessel Management initiative under Canada's Oceans Protection Plan.
  • The trial is the result of a partnership between the Government of Canada and the Haida Nation, and in significant collaboration with Canadian and US shipping industry associations.
  • This Voluntary Protection Zone for shipping trial is an innovative, industry-supported initiative that will help safeguard the ecologically important area around Haida Gwaii.
  • This Voluntary Protection Zone supports realization of commitments made by Canada and the Council of Haida Nation in the Gwaii Haanas Gina 'Waadluxan KilGuhlGa Land-Sea-People Management Plan.