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History of the Joint Secretariat
The Joint Secretariat (JS) was established in 1986 to provide technical and administrative support to the Inuvialuit Game Council, the Environmental Impact Screening Committee, the Environmental Impact Review Board, the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) and the Fisheries Joint Management Committee. It also records and makes available all materials associated with the business of those groups. The Joint Secretariat office is located in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. A Secretariat office for the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope) is located in Whitehorse, Yukon.
In 1984, the first land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories and Yukon was completed. The Inuvialuit Final Agreement affects the Western Arctic Region of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon North Slope known as the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Inuvialuit Final Agreement
Three goals were recognized in the Agreement:
- to preserve Inuvialuit cultural identity and values within a changing northern society; to enable Inuvialuit
- to be equal and meaningful participants in the northern and national economy and society; and
- to protect and preserve Arctic wildlife, the environment and biological productivity.
Click here to view a PDF of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
The Co-management System
To meet these goals, a system of co-management (co-operative management) was developed. At the foundation of this system are five co-management groups:
- the Environmental Impact Screening Committee the Environmental Impact Review Board the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Northwest Territories) the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope), and
- the Fisheries Joint Management Committee.
Click here to view the Co-Management brochure.
The advice and recommendations of the co-management groups assist and guide government actions and the direction of renewable and non-renewable resource management in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Researchers and resource developers should consider the co-management groups as one of their initial contacts when preparing project proposals of consequence to the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
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