Stewarding Native Lands Environmental Scan

First Nations Development Institute’s Stewarding Native Lands Environmental Scan provides a broad overview of the tribal lands and environmental justice landscape. Specifically, priority areas of Land Tenure, Tribal Conservation/Management, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Cultural Practices were assessed to identify current and emerging issues and opportunities, leading organizations active in that space, opportunities for First Nations to partner and/or compete with those organizations, and funding opportunities.

The information gathered through this environmental scan helped to guide the 2022 strategic planning for the emerging Stewarding Native Lands program. This information provides a robust sampling of the range and depth of work underway in Native lands stewardship.

This report was written by Mary Adelzadeh, Dr. John Phillips, and Brett Ramey, and edited by Marian Quinlan.