Leveraging Payments for Ecosystem Services: Poplar River First Nation leads the way with innovative conservation

Poplar River First Nation (PRFN) seeks to implement payments for ecosystem services (PES) to support the conservation of its 862,000-hectare traditional territory, Asatiwisipe Aki. By leveraging nature-based solutions, the community aims to create a forest-based economy that provides climate and biodiversity co-benefits for the community and the province of Manitoba. To facilitate this, the study provides a draft PES agreement based on international frameworks, specifically referencing guidance from the Katoomba Group regarding carbon sequestration, biodiversity habitat, and watershed protection.

• Poplar River First Nation (PRFN) manages 862,000 hectares of traditional territory known as Asatiwisipe Aki and aims to use payments for ecosystem services (PES) to establish a sustainable forest-based economy.
• The community intends to use nature-based solutions to generate socioeconomic benefits for PRFN and the broader population of Manitoba, potentially serving as a model for other Indigenous communities in Canada's boreal forest, which house 70% of such communities.
• To achieve financial sustainability for stewardship, the document proposes a draft PES agreement based on international frameworks, specifically the guidance of the Katoomba Group, focusing on carbon sequestration, biodiversity habitat, and watershed protection.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2020). Leveraging Payments for Ecosystem Services: Poplar River First Nation leads the way with innovative conservation. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/leveraging-payments-ecosystem-services-poplar-river-first-nation-leads-way

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Leveraging Payments for Ecosystem Services: Poplar River First Nation leads the way with innovative conservation. 2020. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/leveraging-payments-ecosystem-services-poplar-river-first-nation-leads-way.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2020leveraging, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Leveraging Payments for Ecosystem Services: Poplar River First Nation leads the way with innovative conservation}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2020}, month = feb, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/leveraging-payments-ecosystem-services-poplar-river-first-nation-leads-way}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }