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Protected Areas Web Links

1.  NWT Protected Areas Strategy Steering Committee member organizations

Akaitcho Territory Government

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society NWT

Dehcho First Nations

Government of Canada

Government of the NWT

Gwich’in Tribal Council

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

North Slave Métis Alliance (website not available)

NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines

NWT Métis Nation (website not available)

Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated

Tlicho Government

World Wildlife Fund, NWT

2 Other NWT PAS Partners

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Canadian Boreal Initiative

The Nature Conservancy Canada Program

Boreal Ecosystems Analysis for Conservation Networks (BEACONS)

Round River Canada

Northwest Territories Geoscience Office 

3.  NWT PAS Sponsoring agencies and legislation

Parks Canada

Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act

Canada National Parks Act

 Historic Sites and Monuments Act

Canadian Wildlife Service

Canada Wildlife Act

Migratory Birds Convention Act

Government of the Northwest Territories – Tourism and Parks, ITI

Territorial Parks Act

Guide to the Establishment of Territorial Parks under the NWT PAS

Questions and Answers on Establishing Territorial Parks under the NWT PAS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Marine Protected Areas)

Oceans Act 

4.  Land Use Planning in the NWT

Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee

Gwich’in Land Use Planning Board

Sahtu Land Use Planning Board 

5.  Parks and Protected Areas in Canada

Atlas of Protected Areas in Canada

Environment Canada’s Protected Areas Network

Nunavut – Nunavut Parks

Nova Scotia – Protected Areas

Alberta – Parks and Protected Areas

British Columbia – Protected Areas, State of Environment Reporting

Manitoba – Protected Areas Initiative

Newfoundland and Labrador – Protected Areas Strategy

Yukon – Yukon Environment

Saskatchewan – Nature and Environment

Ontario – Provincial Parks and Protected Areas

Quebec – Protected Areas

PEI – Wildlife Management Areas

New Brunswick Protected Natural Areas

Northwest Territories – Tourism and Parks 

6.  Other protected areas and conservation initiatives and organizations in Canada

        Canadian Arctic Resources Committee http://www.carc.org/

        Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association http://www.biosphere-canada.ca

         Canadian Council on Ecological Areas http://www.ccea.org/

         Ecology North http://www.ecologynorth.ca/

         The Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative http://www.y2y.net/

7.   International organizations working on Protected Areas

                  Global Forest Watch http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/index.htm

IUCN, the World Conservation Union - the IUCN’s definition and categories of protected areas are used globally, including by the NWT PAS http://www.iucn.org/places/canada/

UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme http://www.unesco.org/mab/home.htm

World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council
http://www.caff.is/

8.   Federal and Territorial Government Commitments relating to Protected Areas

 NWT Protected Areas Strategy

The Minerals and Metals Policy of the Government of Canada

Whitehorse Mining Initiative

North of 60 Action Plan for Sustainable Development

 

 
For more information contact the

Protected Areas Strategy Secretariat                             
“The land takes care of us…
nwt_pas@gov.nt.ca                                                           we take care of the land.”
(867) 920-3179 or (867) 669-2685
 

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