Day2 – Panel Presentation Ontario
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Equitable Management in Ontario’s Protected Areas Rob Davis, Manager, Protected Areas Section, MNRF CCEA Workshop – Yellowknife October 26, 2016 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Equitable Management in Ontario’s Protected Areas Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – A renewed approach • Political Accord signed August 2015 between Chiefs of Ontario and Government of Ontario • New Framework for Enhancing Indigenous Voices and Control in government policies, programs and services • Sets path and tone for further reconciliation 1 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Topic 1: Involvement in Site Management and Decision-making • Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 • Protected Areas Planning Manual (2014 Edition) and Guideline to Involvement during Protected Area Management Planning 2 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Topic 1: Involvement in Site Management and Decision-making • Far North Act - Protect 225,000 sq km of Far North of Ontario through a network of Cat Lake – Slate Falls protected areas Dedicated Protected Area • Far North Community Based Land Use Planning - First Nation communities develop land use plans jointly with government staff Sutton Lake Gorge Wilderness Area - Identify dedicated protected areas 3 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Topic 2: Joint Management Boards or Equivalent • Algonquin Land Claim Agreement in Principle - Parks Chapter describes how the Algonquins of Ontario will engage with Ontario in decision-making (e.g., management planning), employment, training, presentation of cultural heritage • Joint MNRF – Algonquins of Ontario Working Group on cottage lots in Algonquin Provincial Park 4 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Topic 3: Maintenance of Livelihoods and Cultural Practices • Permitted use policies based on type and class of protected area, treaty rights, and legacy agreements • Phase Out Policy (2010) • Policy weakness for Indigenous realities • Potential for an Indigenous class of provincial park? 5 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Topic 3: Maintenance of Livelihoods and Cultural Practices • Park -specific partnerships with local municipalities - Allows for the continued operation of some provincial parks • Park / resource specific partnerships with Indigenous communities - Resource management - Park operations and revenue sharing - Educational programming and ceremonies 6 Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Ontario Parks Indigenous Partnerships 2016 Park Partner Description Inverhuron Saugeen Ojibway First Nation Educational programming and ceremonies of the First Nation burial grounds located in the park Petroglyphs Curve Lake Concession and collection of park fees Pinery Kettle And Stony Point First Nation Conduct Deer Herd Reductions Quetico Lac La Croix Agreement to operate Lac La Croix and Beaverhouse Park Entry stations and to clear portages Rondeau Delaware Nation Of Moravian Town Conduct Deer Herd Reductions Springwater Beausoleil First Nation 5-year agreement to operate the park for 2015 through to 2019 Tidewater Subsidiary Of Moose Cree First Nation 3-year agreement to operate the park (2015- 2017) Wabakimi Eabametoong First Nation Maintenance of park canoe routes. Woodland Wabaseemoong Stewardship Area Agreement to communicate in the management Caribou and stewardship of Wabaseemoong Stewardship Area Woodland Pikangikum First Nation Agreement to include participation in the park’s planning process Caribou 7 Rob Davis, Protected Areas Section, Policy Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry [email protected] 705-755-1730 8 .