IPCAs are lands and waters where Indigenous governments have the primary role in protecting and conserving ecosystems through their own laws and governance.
Watson, who is of Indigenous descent from the Haudenosaunee Nation, said B.C. is moving in the right direction working with the province’s First Nations, but there needs to be a lot more work done to ensure Indigenous leadership is centred in a way that upholds their sovereignty as well as rights to self determination.
“And so that’s why biodiversity legislation is so important in that it can create some safeguards, and accountability from the B.C. government as to what an IPCA requires from the government, and not right now does not exist,” said Watson. Watson said there are many economic opportunities for the First Nations in protecting lands, including ecotourism, guardianship positions, and selling carbon credits.
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