There will be a community engagement for a Feasibility Assessment to consider the establishment of an Inuit Protected Area in the marine area adjacent to Torngat Mountains National Park.
The Nunatsiavut Government has developed and promoted the Imappivut (Our Oceans): A Nunatsiavut Marine Plan Initiative to protect and manage Labrador Inuit interests in the coastal and marine areas of Labrador. The current focus is the marine area adjacent to Torngat Mountains National Park, called the Torngat Area of interest.
The feasibility assessment will study the possibility of an Inuit Protected Area under Parks Canada’s Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act. It is not a final boundary and community input and feedback will be gathered and taken into consideration in the development of the Feasibility Assessment report.
The Nunatsiavut Government is holding community engagement sessions from September 22-29, 2022 to provide information on the Feasibility Assessment process, as well as to hear from communities about past, current, and future use of the Torngat-AOI study area, and suggestions, ideas, or concerns about the Torngat-AOI study area and its protection.
This will be the beginning of several engagement sessions with communities through the feasibility assessment process.
The NG will go back to communities with a “What we heard” document to ensure we have captured what communities and stakeholders say.
They information session is postponed for the community of Makkovik and will still be going ahead in Goose Bay from 6-8pm this evening at the Hotel North 2.
They will also be in Rigolet tomorrow Wednesday, September 28 from 6-8pm at the Lord Strathcona Building, and in Northwest River on Thursday, September 29 from 6-8pm at the Community Centre.
For more information, you can email torngataoi@nunatsiavut.com.