Conservation through Reconciliation | Eli Enns & Soudeh Jamshidian

22/09/2025 1h 8min Temporada 1 Episodio 2
Conservation through Reconciliation | Eli Enns & Soudeh Jamshidian

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"Environmental conservation" has meant many things: the protection of at-risk species and ecosystems, but also the eviction and exclusion of Indigenous peoples and lifeways.In this episode, Eli Enns and Soudeh Jamshidian (both of the IISAAK Olam Foundation) sit down with anchor Mutuma to discuss new frameworks for conservation that centre Indigenous wisdom — specifically, the concept of an IPCA or Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, which Eli helped to create.Plus, a multi-layered perspective of jurisdiction; approaching environmental stewardship with both a concept of rights and responsibilities; the importance of good faith dialogue in an "ethical space"; and finally, Eli offers a proposal for how we might fund ecological integrity in False Creek.— — —Learn more about the IISAAK Olam Foundation at https://iisaakolam.ca/Read the Indigenous Circle of Elders Report: https://www.icce-caec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PA234-ICE_Report_2018_Mar_22_web.pdfAnd dive deep into IPCAs with the IPCA Knowledge Basket https://ipcaknowledgebasket.ca/Special thanks to our friends at the Small Planet Heroes podcast https://www.cosphere.net/podcastLearn more about False Creek Friends at https://falsecreekfriends.org/and sign up for our newsletter: https://falsecreekfriends.org/newsletter — —Produced and recorded by Mendel SkulskiTheme Music by Jonathan Kawchuk, mix by Paul EvansEditing by Greg Sures, Riley Byrne, and Mendel SkulskiCover Artwork by Aline MonjardimWordmark by Madison ReidAdditional Cinematography by Mary Paquet, Fernando Lessa, Johannes Fast