{"id":284859,"date":"2025-11-15T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284859\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:30:23","slug":"qia-starts-implementation-of-270m-conservation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284859\/","title":{"rendered":"QIA starts implementation of $270M conservation agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Qikiqtani Inuit Association is starting the implementation of the Sinaa conservation agreement, a $270-million deal to protect 30 per cent of Canada\u2019s land and ocean environments by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Sinaa, which means floe edge in Inuktitut, <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/qikiqtani-inuit-association-to-receive-270m-in-conservation-funding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was announced in February<\/a> by then-prime minister Justin Trudeau and QIA president Olayuk Akesuk.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s been close to three years in the making, Akesuk said Thursday at an event in Iqaluit marking its launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a big accomplishment for our organization, something we\u2019ve been working on since 2022,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very significant for this region that will impact every community of Qikiqtani.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within Sinaa\u2019s 10-year plan are commitments to protect and expand conservation areas, strengthen Inuit-led governance, and fund training and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government will cover $200 million of the cost. The remaining $70 million is to be paid for by donors, according to QIA.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/251003-gn-nominations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763217022_473_A-14595.93b.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>QIA\u2019s partners in the agreement, including representatives from the federal government, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Aajuraq Conservation Fund Society and Pew Charitable Trusts, were on hand for Thursday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Provost, the federal secretary of state for nature, noted the Sinaa agreement will protect 706,000 square kilometres of land \u2014 roughly the size of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of this would be possible without the Qikiqtani Inuit Association,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat things can be accomplished when we recognize the vision, expertise and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James T. Arreak, speaking on behalf of Aajuraq, called the agreement \u201creconciliation in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Akesuk and QIA, the next steps include working with communities on implementation.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/250103-nhrt-eng-inuk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10552.8-sidebar-2_ei.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next is implementing it, working to make sure that we represent each and every one of the [communities] to ensure that the money that is here will benefit them for the next 10, 15 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of work has to be done now in order for us to succeed and to promote what we negotiated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qikiqtani Inuit Association is starting the implementation of the Sinaa conservation agreement, a $270-million deal to protect 30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-284859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}