ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Commitment 1.3.1 – Using the Land Use and Sustainability Framework to be clear and transparent, we will:
Finalize and implement the Conservation Action Plan in order to finalize existing candidate protected areas.
Making sure that land in the NWT remains healthy for future generations is a priority of the Government of the Northwest Territories (NWT). The GNWT has set out its vision for land use and management in “Northern Lands Northern Leadership – The GNWT Land Use and Sustainability Framework” (LUSF). This includes protecting biodiversity through the establishment and management of protected areas and conservation areas - often referred to as conservation network planning.
The GNWT is collaboratively implementing a northern approach to conservation network planning to ensure biodiversity and ecosystem integrity is maintained into the future by strengthening existing partnerships and establishing new relationships. Healthy Land, Healthy People: GNWT Priorities for Advancement of Conservation Network Planning 2016-2021 is a five-year work plan outlining key tasks the GNWT will undertake, in partnership with Indigenous governments and other planning partners, to pursue a responsible, sustainable and balanced approach to conservation network planning in the NWT (milestone 1, 2, 3 and 4).
One of the key priority outcomes of Healthy Land, Healthy People is to conclude the planning processes associated with existing candidate areas (Dinàgà Wek’èhodì (North Arm), Edéhzhíe (Horn Plateau), Ejié Túé Ndáde (Buffalo Lakes, Rivers and Trails), Ka’a’gee Tu (Kakisa), Łue Túé Sųlái (Five Fish Lakes), Sambaa K’e (Trout Lake), Ts’ude niline Tu’eyeta (Ramparts), and Thaidene Nëné (East Arm of Great Slave Lake).
Related Mandate Commitments:
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- 1.3.1 - Using the Land Use and Sustainability Framework to be clear and transparent, we will: Establish Thaidene Nëné Park.
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Commitment 1.3.2 - In order to advance the territorial vision of land and resource management in accordance with the Land Use and Sustainability Framework, we will evolve our legislative, regulatory, and policy systems by: Developing and proposing amendments to the Territorial Parks Act