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THE TYEE: How Gitanyow Law Could Save Salmon in Northwest BC


... In 2021, after years of unproductive negotiations with the federal and provincial governments over land protections, the eight Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs declared a 500-square-kilometre reserve encompassing Meziadin Lake and its watershed an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, or IPCA.

First promoted in a 2017 report issued by the Indigenous Circle of Experts, an advisory board of Indigenous leaders and members of federal, provincial and local governments, IPCAs are Indigenous-led protected land and waters. While there are technically only three official IPCAs recognized by the federal government, Canada has provided more than $1.2 billion in funds to 59 different IPCA projects.

What remains in dispute is how much authority First Nations have to enforce IPCAs ...

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