Ecosystem Stewardship Planning Goals
- To restore, revitalize and strengthen First Nations and their communities and families;
- To achieve First Nations self-determination through the exercise of their aboriginal title;
- To ensure that lands and resources are managed in accordance with First Nations laws, knowledge and values.
Scope of ESP
With the advent of the New Relationship, all aspects of land use planning and resource management in BC must change. Ecosystem Stewardship Planning addresses the following areas:
- Information analysis and gathering
- Analysis approaches
- Plan Development
- Negotiation/reconciliation of management direction between FN and Crown
- Management structures for implementation
- Monitoring and review
PurposeThe purpose of this work is to support First Nations in the assembly of land use planning information; the development of analytical tools, technical and process expertise; and the development of their own inventories of community land and resource use information and land use vision and goals. Land use planning discussions will be more efficient and productive if both First Nations and the Province are well informed and knowledgeable, and have access to similar levels of information and analysis. |
Goals and ObjectivesThe goal is for First Nations to be active and informed participants in Government-to-Government land use planning processes between the Province and First Nations. |
Specific objectives are to:
- Build capacity in First Nations by:
- Ensuring that First Nations have access to available information and analysis in land use planning;
- Ensuring that First Nations have knowledge and expertise in land use planning, analysis, interest based negotiation, consensus building and dispute resolution;
- Providing supports and tools for First Nations to develop land and resource inventory information and high level land use plans that will be protected by appropriate mechanisms to ensure confidentiality in relation to sensitive cultural information.
- Establish efficient and effective processes and approaches by:
- Ensuring compatibility of land use planning information technology and management (ITM) with the Province and among First Nations;
- Ensuring sharing of information and planning resources with the Province and among First Nations.
- Document First Nations vision and goals for community land and resource use.
General ESP Components
- Increased compatibility of land use planning information technology and management with the Province and among First Nations. Information technology platform to be compatible with provincial standards. Involves consultation with the Province Integrated Land Management Bureau and development of a policy outlining standards for ITM.
- Development of efficient and effective processes and methods for using information and planning resources, including establishing a set of standards for information collection, analysis and management; building incentives into land use planning program to encourage approaches to increase efficiency and effectiveness, and establishing an information sharing protocol between the Province and First Nations.
- Address First Nations high priority land and resource information inventory gaps.
- Establish First Nations vision and goals for community land and resource use in highest priority areas by building capacity in First Nations and providing the supports and tools to assist First Nations in developing and documenting land and resource use plans.
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