Conservancies in Coastal British Columbia: A New Approach to Protected Areas in the Traditional Territories of First Nations

• Published in: Conservation and Society
• Main Authors: Jessica Stronghill, Murray B Rutherford, Wolfgang Haider
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015
• Subjects: Conservancy; First Nations; Aboriginal peoples; Indigenous peoples; co-management; parks; protected areas; sustainable use; British Columbia; Canada; Ecology; QH540-549.5
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-4923.161219; https://doaj.org/article/2e3b2f2a3c5644d1b124f131571a302a

In British Columbia (BC), Canada, the provincial government and First Nations have recently created an innovative new form of collaboratively managed protected area. Designated as ′Conservancies′ under the BC Park Act or the Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, these protected areas are intended...