A Reflection on First Nations in their Boreal Homelands in Ontario: Between a Rock and a Caribou

This article provides some thoughts on the impacts of the conservation vs development paradigm on First Nations, as it has played out in the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement and the Far North Act in northern Ontario, Canada. The author contends that the dichotomy between conservation and development...

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Published in:Conservation and Society
Main Author: M A Smith
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015
Subjects:
boreal
forest management
conservation
Indigenous peoples
Aboriginal and treaty rights
Ontario
Canada
Ecology
QH540-549.5
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-4923.161214
https://doaj.org/article/21dce9ce814e46caadc2fee3b342a46f
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Summary:This article provides some thoughts on the impacts of the conservation vs development paradigm on First Nations, as it has played out in the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement and the Far North Act in northern Ontario, Canada. The author contends that the dichotomy between conservation and development does not fit the First Nations′ worldview in which First Nations assume responsibility for land stewardship. The author points to the need for non-governmental organisations (especially environmental non-governmental organisations) and the private sector to respect, and learn from, First Nations by ensuring they play a key role in decision making about land and resource use in their territories-one based on free, prior, and informed consent.

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