Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site : Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History, Spring 2017, no. 1: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

A fierce land-use dispute evolved over the temperate rainforests of the Haida Gwaii Islands in British Columbia, Canada, in 1974. Indigenous and environmental protests, illegal road blockades, campaigning, negotiations, public hearings, and a fierce stand of the Haida First Nation led to the establi...

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Main Author: Vlachos, Alexandra
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany 2017
Subjects:
coasts
indigenous people
islands
land use
national parks
protests
water
Environmental Knowledge
Environmental Movements
Resources
Canada
British Columbia
haida
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/rcc/7738
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/7738/
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Summary:A fierce land-use dispute evolved over the temperate rainforests of the Haida Gwaii Islands in British Columbia, Canada, in 1974. Indigenous and environmental protests, illegal road blockades, campaigning, negotiations, public hearings, and a fierce stand of the Haida First Nation led to the establishment of a National Park Reserve in 1988 and the co-managed Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in 1993.

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