In 2022, the Government of Canada announced ambitious targets to conserve 30% of the country’s land and oceans by 2030. For Indigenous communities, this commitment signaled an opportunity to advance community development and reconciliation efforts.
Drawing on local and regional economic and ecological data, this report builds a compelling profile of the local conservation economy in Taloyoak, a Nunavut hamlet in northern Canada, and presents ways to drive socio-economic development in the community.
This includes establishing the business case for investing in the Aviqtuuq Inuit Protected and Conserved Area and reiterating community-identified opportunities and value streams for investing in the local conservation economy.
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