Commitments:
Ikanawtiket commits to promote the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity through its Maritime Aboriginal Aquatics Resources Secretariat, a quarterly newsletter and attending forums. The organization will hold the Aboriginal Youth ARISES workshop on species at risk to educate and empower aboriginal youth in the Maritime's region of Canada to make an impact on species conservation decision-making in Canada, and brief the Canada Parliament House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on how to implement Canada Species at Risk Act. Ikanawtiket will also launch a new book about endangered species written by the organization’s Traditional Ancestral Homelands Aboriginal Peoples perspective to mark the International Year of Biodiversity.Contact
IkanawtiketMr. Joshua McNeely
Regional Facilitator
172, Truro Heights Road
B6L 1X1 Truro Heights, Nova Scotia Canada
E jmcneely@mapcorg.ca
T + 1 902 895 2982
F + 1 902 895 3844
W http://www.ikanawtiket.ca/
Updates
Something new to report? Tell the Countdown 2010 Secretariat!Species at Risk – Leave no Footprint
June 25th, 2010
25 June 2010. Ikanawtiket, with the guidance and help from many aboriginal community members have compiled and produced a book titled “Kespiatuksitew Wsitqamuey – Muk Nqatmu Wetaptu’tip” (Species at Risk – Leave no Footprint).
The book is intended to be a warning to others about the very real biodiversity loss happening in the Atlantic region of Canada. Through the harrowing stories of twenty local species, Ikanawtiket exposes the sometimes overt, sometimes ... Read more »
Biodiversity workshop for aboriginal youth
June 23rd, 2010
23 June 2010. In 2010, Ikanawtiket organized the Aboriginal Youth ARISES workshop on Canada’s Federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) Listing process to educate and empower aboriginal youth to make an impact on species conservation decision-making.
In Canada, extirpated, endangered, and threatened species can be protected under the SARA through a detailed decision-making process. The first principle of SARA is stewardship and involvement of Canadians, especially aboriginal peoples in decisions about ... Read more »
