NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS), Protecting Special Natural Areas in the NWT (GNWT, September 1998)
The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (Draft 4) is a comprehensive framework document outlining the process for identifying, evaluating, and establishing protected areas in the Northwest Territories. It establishes goals, principles, and a seven-step implementation process involving federal and territorial governments, regional bodies, industry, and environmental organizations to balance conservation of natural and cultural values with resource development opportunities.
- Date
- 1998-09-23
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- NWT Protected Areas Strategy Advisory Committee, Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED), Inuvialuit Game Council, Gwich'in Interim Land Use Planning Board, Sahtu Land Use Planning Working Group, Deh Cho First Nations, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Akaitcho Territory Government, South Slave Metis Tribal Council, NWT Chamber of Mines, Environmental Organizations - NWT, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ekati Diamond Mine, Inuvialuit Settlement Area, Gwich'in Settlement Area, Sahtu Settlement Area, Deh Cho Region, North Slave Region, South Slave Region, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Bathurst Inlet, Coronation Gulf
- Parameters
- protected areas, biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, ecoregions, wildlife habitat, traditional harvesting, mineral exploration, resource development, conservation, gap analysis, interim protection, land claims agreements, marine protected areas, critical wildlife areas
- Pages
- 37
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