Author: NWT Protected Areas Strategy Advisory Committee (Canada)

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 100

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This strategy document focuses on the process of identification, evaluation, and protection of areas of the Northwest Territories (excluding Nunavut) dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity and its associated natural and cultural resources, managed through legal or other effective means. Section A covers the protected areas policy (rationale and intended outcomes of a protected areas strategy, who will prepare and benefit from the strategy), framework (vision, goals, and principles of the strategy) and steps in implementing the strategy (including identification of priority areas of interest, evaluation of candidate areas, approval and designation of areas, and subsequent implementation, monitoring, and review). Section B contains an action plan for establishing priorities, reviewing conservation mechanisms, area identification and evaluation, resource assessment, interim protection, third party compensation, and forming partnerships. Section C provides supporting documents including a reference guide to mechanisms for establishing and managing protected areas, a review of progress in protected area establishment, summaries of provisions in land claims agreements relating to protected areas, and information on resource potential assessment methodology. Includes glossary.