Call for Presentations 

2005 Integrating Aboriginal People in Natural Resource Management Conference

Manitoba Conservation will be hosting the 3rd Inter-Jurisdictional Conference on Natural Resource Management on June 21 - June 24, 2005 at the University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus in Winnipeg.  This year's theme is "Integrating Aboriginal People in Natural Resource Mangement."  

The 2005 IAPNRM Conference committee is still accepting papers for presentations.  Presentations should be twenty minutes in length and abstracts should be forwarded for consideration.  Where possible, presentations should include an Aboriginal representative involved in each process to present their experience and perspective on any joint initiatives with government.  Presentations should relate to the following themes:

• Aboriginal Involvement in Forest Management Planning
• Broad Area Planning
• Co-management Agreements
• Consultation Strategies, Legal Aspects and Best Practices
• Developing New Opportunities in Economic Development with Aboriginal People
• Aboriginal Community Capacity Issues
• Metis Issues - Implementation of Powley/Blais
• Resource Allocation
• Treaty and Aboriginal Rights
• Aboriginal participation in natural resource management
• Previous Conference Updates

If you have any questions regarding our request, please contact Bruce Bruyere at the address below or by email at iapnrm@gov.mb.ca. 

Aboriginal Relations Branch
Box 26
200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 3W3
Fax: (204) 945-4552