2022 Marine Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area Reporting Grants
In 2022, IJNR awarded a total of $84,000 (USD) in grants to six Canadian news outlets to expand their reporting on marine Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. The grants are intended to increase coverage and awareness of the growing momentum behind Indigenous-led conservation and resource management in the marine environment. Funding was provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
The Narwhal
The tyee
Project area/communities: Tsleil-Wautuch; Kitasoo Xai’xais
Ongoing Series:
How First Nations Are Asserting Sovereignty Over Their Lands and Waters
One of the Last Herring Roe Harvests on the Coast
Learning to Plan for the Next 500 Years
Removing Roadblocks for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
IndigiNews
Project Area/Communities: Okanagan, Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver
Ongoing series:
syilx conservation knowledge at the heart of water forum in sw̓iw̓s
Land defenders build tipi along TMX construction route in ‘Burnaby’
kɬúsx̌nítkʷ, the original and accurate name for ‘Okanagan Lake’
Sending prayers for a safe return, five-day ceremony calls salmon home to syilx waters
‘One united purpose’: Sinixt, Secwépemc people paddle together amid contentious treaty news
Ha-Shilth-Sa
Project Area/Communities: Nuu-chah-nulth/Nootka Sound; Mowachaht/Muchalaht, Ehattesaht, Nuchatlaht
Ongoing series:
Salmon, water and old growth: Mowachaht/Muchalaht take conservation a step further
Mowachaht/Muchalaht awarded $15 million to protect old growth and salmon
Government makes big conservation pledges, but recognition of Indigenous protected areas remains to be seen
Ku’ku’kwes News
Project Area/Communities: Atlantic Provinces and surrounding area
Canada’s National Observer
Stories:
Saving Haida Gwaii
Death by a thousand ships
The Fight for Haida Gwaii