New Agreement Unites Mi'kmaw Chiefs and Whale Sanctuary Project on Marine Stewardship
A landmark Memorandum of Understanding pairs Indigenous worldviews with hands-on conservation and education in Nova Scotia.
A new partnership in Nova Scotia is bringing together Indigenous knowledge and marine conservation.
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs and the Whale Sanctuary Project have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance marine stewardship and education.
The agreement acknowledges a shared respect for Wksitqamuk, the Earth, and reflects Mi'kmaw worldviews about the environment and all living things.
By formalising this relationship, the two parties are laying the groundwork for collaboration rooted in mutual respect and a common commitment to the natural world.
The Whale Sanctuary Project, an Ecoflix partner, works to create and support sanctuaries for whales and dolphins, and to broaden public understanding of these animals and the waters they depend on.
Bringing Indigenous perspectives into that work offers a fuller way of caring for the ocean and the life within it.
Agreements like this one show how conservation grows stronger when it is built on partnership and shared values.
The hope is that this foundation will lead to lasting benefits for the marine environment and for the communities connected to it.
You can watch the story of this work with the Whale Sanctuary Project on Ecoflix.