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Atlin/Taku Land Use Planning

The Context for Land Use Planning Presentation to Public Workshop June 13, 2008. Atlin/Taku Land Use Planning. Overview. Planning History (BC) New Relationship New Direction Atlin/Taku Framework Agreement. History of Planning. Provincial Planning

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Atlin/Taku Land Use Planning

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  1. The Context for Land Use Planning Presentation to Public Workshop June 13, 2008 Atlin/Taku Land Use Planning

  2. Overview • Planning History (BC) • New Relationship • New Direction • Atlin/Taku Framework Agreement

  3. History of Planning • Provincial Planning • Provincial Protected Areas Strategy 1990s • Cassiar TSA Report 1990s (Cassiar-Iskut-Stikine, Dease-Liard, Atlin-Taku) • Atlin-Taku Background Report 2002 • Atlin-Taku remains one of the few areas in BC without a strategic land use plan • Current activities guided by provincial policy and regulations

  4. Haida and Taku, 2004 Provincial and federal governments have an inescapable constitutional duty to consult and accommodate Aboriginal communities, in a manner that is meaningful, timely and reflective of the “honour of the Crown”

  5. Taku, 2004 “ … in the development of a land use strategy, the Crown will continue to fulfill its honourable duty to consult and, if indicated, accommodate the TRTFN” (Taku, para 46)

  6. New Relationship (April 2005) • The provincial government and B.C. First Nations’ organizations are working together to develop a New Relationship founded on respect, recognition and reconciliation of Aboriginal rights and title “We agree to a new government-to-government relationship based on respect, recognition and accommodation of aboriginal title and rights.”

  7. New Direction • Focused, issue driven • Done collaboratively with First Nations • Consultative not consensus based • Clear process, timelines and desired outcomes • Consistent with New Relationship

  8. Framework Agreement for Shared Decision-Making respecting Land Use and Wildlife Management • Government to Government • Joint Land Forum • Jointly convened Land Use Planning Process • AAPC/BC Protocol • Vision provides for long term reconciliation

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