Resources

Description: 

In 2003, the Waste Reduction and Recovery Act (WRRA) was created to help keep waste out of Northwest Territories (NWT) landfills and off the land by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) regulating the reduction and recovery of waste.

Publication date: 
March 2023
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Contaminants, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Waste Reduction and Recycling
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
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The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is developing a new Forest Act to amend and combine the existing Forest Management Act and the Forest Protection Act.

Publication date: 
February 2023
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO) élabore une nouvelle loi sur les forêts en regroupant les actuelles Loi sur l’aménagement des forêts et Loi sur la protection des forêts.

Publication date: 
February 2023
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The NWT State of the Environment (NWT SOE Report) provides information on topics relevant to the environment.

  • Un résumé est disponible en français dans ce document
Publication date: 
June 2022
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Water, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants, Conservation planning, Climate change, Education and outreach, Fire, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Forest resources, Air quality
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Species at Risk Committee (the Committee) was established under the Act. It is an independent committee of experts responsible for assessing the biological status of species at risk in the NWT. This is the 2020-21 report.

Publication date: 
August 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The full draft document of the Wek’èezhı̀ı Interim Boreal Caribou Range Plan 

  • Vous trouverez un résumé en français dès la page 3.
Publication date: 
August 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

La Conférence des autorités de gestion a tenu cinq réunions au cours de l’exercice financier 2020-2021. La Première Nation Acho Dene Koe, le gouvernement du territoire d’Akaitcho, le Conseil de gestion des caribous de Beverly et de Qamanirjuaq, la Première Nation Dehcho, la Première Nation Kátł’odeeche, l’Alliance des Métis du Slave Nord, la Nation des Métis des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et la Première Nation de Salt River ont été invités à titre d’observateurs ou de participants aux réunions de la Conférence.

Publication date: 
August 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le Comité sur les espèces en péril a été établi en vertu de la Loi. Il s’agit d’un comité d’experts indépendant chargé d’évaluer la situation biologique des espèces en péril aux TNO. Voici le rapport 2020-21.

Publication date: 
August 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Conference of Management Authorities held five meetings during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The Acho Dene Koe First Nation, Akaitcho Territory Government, Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board, Dehcho First Nations, Kátł’odeeche First Nation, North Slave Métis Alliance, Northwest Territory Métis Nation, and Salt River First Nation were invited to observe or participate in Conference meetings.

Publication date: 
August 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

What we heard on Healty Land, Healty People.

  • Sommaire en français
Publication date: 
June 2021
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Résumé du rapport d’étape pour 2018-2019 concernant la Stratégie sur la gestion des eaux des TNO.

Publication date: 
February 2020
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Water
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2018/2019 NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Progress Review Summary.

Publication date: 
February 2020
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Water
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Starting July 1, 2019, new restrictions on importing live deer and specific deer parts from harvested animals came into effect under the Northwest Territories (NWT) Wildlife Act regulations.

Publication date: 
July 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Depuis le 1er juillet 2019, en vertu des règlements relatifs à la Loi sur la faune des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO), de nouvelles restrictions s’appliquent à l’importation de cerfs vivants et de certaines parties de cerfs provenant d’animaux abattus.

Publication date: 
July 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Draft Bathurst Caribou Range Plan – What We Heard, June 2019

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Rapport version provisoire ''Ce que nous avons entendu'' sur le plan sur l'air de répartition du caribou de Bathurst, juin 2019.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

A summary of what we heard during public engagement on the development of a new Protected Areas Act.

Publication date: 
February 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File