Protecting our coast for everyone's future: Indigenous and scientific knowledge support marine spatial protections proposed by Central Coast First Nations in Pacific Canada

• Published in: People and Nature
• Main Authors: Mike Reid, Muxvpenstista Lena Collins, Smawn Richard J. Hall, Ernest Mason, Gord McGee, Alejandro Frid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: fisheries; indigenous knowledge; indigenous‐led conservation; marine protected areas; marine spatial management; values; Human ecology. Anthropogeography; GF1-900; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10380; https://doaj.org/article/5da9cd6b8a5749b39cc65cd6af075fbd

Abstract We, the Haíłzaqv, Kitasoo Xai'xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations, are the traditional stewards of our territories in the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Our traditional laws obligate us to manage and protect our territories for current and future generations. Spatial m...