Canada–Yukon Nature Agreement

The Canada-Yukon Nature Agreement sets out target outcomes and early commitments in five key areas:

• Working toward conserving 25 percent of the landscape by 2025
• Creating a pathway to 30 percent by 2030 by supporting processes that enhance land use planning
• Supporting Indigenous leadership in conservation
• Protecting and recovering species at risk
• Sharing foundational knowledge and information

Some key outcomes of the Agreement will include:

• Protecting or conserving an additional 6 percent of lands in the Yukon by 2025
• Advancing efforts to protect species at risk by working closely with Indigenous peoples
• Managing species at risk in the Yukon such as northern mountain caribou and grizzly bear, in line with the outcomes identified in federal recovery strategies; and
• Increasing knowledge collection and data sharing.

Canada and the Yukon will work together to deliver on the priorities and commitments in this agreement. The Government of Canada will invest a total of $20.6 million to implement the Agreement and support nature protection and conservation. Both parties will work with Indigenous peoples in the Yukon to implement the Agreement in a way that recognizes the unique rights and responsibilities Indigenous peoples have with respect to the land.

Full text of the Canada-Yukon Nature Agreement