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BC Conservation Covenant Handbook: A Guide to Best Practices for Conservation Covenants in British Columbia
Author: Hillyer, Ann; Atkins, Judy (1st & 2nd eds.); van Drimmelen, Ben (3rd & 4th eds.)
Publication Date: June 2023
Pages: 200
Topics: Land; Conservation; Private options
nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ (Ashnola) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area: Legal Backgrounder
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: June 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation
Good for the Land, Good for the People, Good for the Economy: A Call to Action to Recognize, Support and Implement Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Indigenous Guardians in British Columbia
Author: Estella White – hińačačišt, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages: 30
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation
Revitalizing Indigenous law with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
Author: LFFA-RELAW Team
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous laws, fisheries governance, watershed protection
WCEL Submission on Bill C-230: An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association
Publication Date: April 2021
Pages: 4
Topics: Environmental Racism, Bill C-230
Indigenous Laws in the Context of Conservation
Author: Georgia Lloyd-Smith, WCEL, Larry Innes, Olthuis Kleer Townshend, Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership - University of Guelph
Publication Date: March 2021
Pages: 36
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, IPCAs
Blueprint for Restoring Ecological Governance to the Lower Fraser River
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: October 2020
Pages: 10
Topics: Wild Salmon, Lower Fraser River, Indigenous Law, Ecosystem-Based Management
From the Ground Up: Celebrating 30 Years of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Author: West Coast Environmental Law
Publication Date: November 2019
Pages: 15
Topics: Legal aid, Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Revitalizing Haíɫzaqv Law for Land, Air and Water: Telling the RELAW Story
Author: Heiltsuk Tribal Council, Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, West Coast Environmental Law,
Publication Date: October 2018
Pages: 10
Topics:
Caretakers of the Land and its People: Why Indigenous Trapline Holders’ Legal Rights and Responsibilities Matter for Everyone
Author: Bud Napoleon and Hannah Askew, With contributions from Siumshun (Richard Billy), Erica Stahl, Nico McKay, Yasmeen Peer, and Christina Clemente
Publication Date: August 2018
Pages: 92
Topics: Trappers' rights, trapline governance, Indigenous law, cumulative effects