An information

and consultation process on protected areas in Nunavik

ᒀᒃᑖᒃ-ᑳᓐᑭᕐᓲᒃ-ᒀᒀᑐᐙᓂᐎᒡ ᓂᓈᐦᑭᐤ ᒑᒀᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᓈᑭᑎᐙᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐎᒡ ᒑ ᐃᑎᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓂᐎᒡ © ᒥᓛᓃ ᕕᔨᐅᐦᒡ-ᓅᓕᓐ, MELCCFP

In 2020, in Nunavik, new territories were added to the Register of protected areas in Quebec [available only in French as Registre des aires protégées au Québec].

They cover a total area of approximately 29,800 km². Before these areas obtain permanent and official protection status, an extensive public information and consultation process is undertaken in Nunavik. This project is strongly rooted in the consultation process for the planning and creation of Nunavik protected areas, undertaken with all communities concerned in 2011–2012.

This process is again led by the Kativik Regional Government (KRG), as land use planner, in partnership with the Advisory Committee to the Nunavik Protected Areas Working Group (PAWG). Its purpose is to ensure that all Nunavik communities and Nations are informed and have a voice in the process that led to the current definition of the protected areas network, its relevance, and its representativeness.

Ultimately, the aspirations of Nunavik communities and Nations for the future of each of the protected areas will be examined, as well as the means to ensure the development and vitality of the network.

Which protected areas are involved?

Proposed biodiversity reserves and proposed aquatic reserve

In Nunavik, 8 biodiversity reserves and 1 aquatic reserve have “proposed” status, even though they are part of the existing network of protected areas and are listed in the Registre des aires protégées au Québec. This provisional status, which has been in effect for several years, shows that the process is underway. In the end, the protected areas concerned will obtain the official and permanent status of biodiversity reserve or aquatic reserve.

Territorial reserves for protected area purposes

Nunavik’s protected areas network was recently enhanced by the addition of 8 new Territorial reserves for protected area purposes (TRPAs) and the expansion of 2 existing ones. There is also 1 TRPAP designated prior to the new 2020 announcements. This status allows for the temporary suspension of the granting of mining titles and of any authorization related to mining exploration, as well as any energy or forestry development activity. The goal is for all of these TRPAPs to obtain permanent biodiversity reserve status.

View the Nunavik network

ᕆᕕᕐ-ᐄᓅᑯᓲᐙᒃ- ᐋᒌᐦᑎᐸᓂᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓂᐎᒡ ᐊᔅᒌ ᐋ ᐎᐦ ᒥᓈᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐎᒡ © ᒥᓛᓃ ᕕᔨᐅᐦᒡ-ᓅᓕᓐ, MELCCFP

”ᐋᐅᒄ ᐧᐋᔥ ᐊᓐ ᐊᔑᓈᑯᐦᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᐧᐋᐅᑎᓂᒥᐦᒄ ᐊᓐ ᐊᔅᑎᑖᑎᓯᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ᙮ ᓈᔥᒡ ᒋᔅᑎᒫᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᔅᑎᐧᐋᓯᒥᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒑ ᒌ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᐦᒡ ᐅᔮᔨᐤ ᐋ ᒋᔅᑎᒫᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᒧᐦᒄ᙮

ᑳᐙᐙᐦᒋᑭᒫᒡ © ᑎᕕᑦ ᐱᓛᓐᑦ, MU ᑳᐅᓂᔑᓪᔅ

2022-2023

Phase 1

Led by the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in close partnership with the Advisory Committee to the PAWG, the first phase of this process, which will be followed by a second phase, was designed to inform Nunavik communities and enable them to express their views on the process that led to the definition of the current network of protected areas, as well as on its relevance.

View Phase 1 in detail

2024-...

Phase 2

This second phase of consultation, led by the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) in close partnership with the Advisory Committee to the PAWG, will provide an opportunity for community reflection on the enhancement of these territories within the protected areas network. It will involve workshops with maps to validate the precise boundaries of the protected areas, as well as the exploration of community aspirations for the development of these protected areas.

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”ᒥᓯᐧᐋᐦ ᓂᑖᓂᔅᑯᓯᒥᓈᓂᒡ ᐊᑯᑎᐦ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒡ ᐱᒫᒋᐦᐆᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐧᐃᔨᐧᐋᐤ, ᒫᓲᐦᐋᑳ ᒫᒃ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓂᔮᓐ᙮ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᓐ ᒫᒃ ᒑ ᐧᐃᒥᓈᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐅᐦᐄ ᐋᑳ ᒑ ᒦ ᒫᓂᒑᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐅᑎᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒑ ᒌ ᐃᔮᔪᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ᙮