The context of land use planning and the development and implementation of ecosystem-based management on the coast of British Columbia is defined largely by the rights of aboriginal people. There are twenty-seven First Nations whose traditional territories include land and water within the Central Coast and North Coast. As a result, the negotiation of comprehensive treaties, protocol agreements, interim measures, consultation and First Nations’ land use planning are part-and-parcel of coastal planning.
The Central and North Coast LRMPs reached consensus agreements that were recommended to the British Columbia government. Subsequently, the Province and coastal First Nations entered into a government-to-government process that reviewed the LRMP agreements before final decision–making by the provincial government.
