The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA), signed
in 1993, is the largest land claim agreement in Canadian history,
governing an area that is one-fifth of Canada's land mass. At the
centre of this modern, comprehensive agreement are the lands and
resources co-management boards that guarantee Inuit meaningful involvement
and participation in decisions relating to the preservation and
future development of lands within the Nunavut Settlement Area (NSA).
The NWMB's
mandate, put most simply, is the following: to help ensure
the protection and wise use of wildlife and wildlife habitat for
the long-term benefit of Inuit and the rest of the public of Nunavut
and Canada. It attempts to fulfill this mandate by carrying out
its various functions, as set out in the NLCA, in cooperation
with its Inuit and Government partners.
The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board is the
largest of these co-management boards. Learn more about our board's responsibilities,
including the 5-year Nunavut
Wildlife Harvest Study; our programs for funding wildlife research
by government agencies and research by non-government
agencies; our working
groups and committees; our
goals and achievements to date, and our relationship
to other organizations.
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