VIDEO: Inside Kanaka Bar’s Conservation Plan: Protecting Rare Ecosystems & Indigenous Culture

We’re excited to share an amazing new video with you featuring the Kanaka Bar Indian Band’s proposed T’eqt’aqtn Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA), which is located in the Fraser Canyon about 3 hours from Vancouver, BC. The IPCA will protect 320 km2 of land – or about 98% of Kanaka’s unceded territory – including 120 km2 of some of the rarest and most diverse old-growth in BC.

Hear from Kanaka members as they discuss their vision and the ecological and cultural significance of this initiative, which is also one of the most advanced IPCA proposals being considered for legislated protection in the province.

Alongside our partners at the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation and Endangered Ecosystems Alliance, AFA has been working for years to provide key support from start to finish to help develop and establish the T’eqt’aqtn IPCA (zuminstm e tmíxʷ kt ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓áq̓tn̓/“We care for the lands of T’eqt’aqtn”). This includes funding stewardship initiatives and capacity for land-use planning, recruiting large-scale philanthropic funding, and purchasing private lands of high conservation and cultural value.

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