In late 2021, the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP) collaborated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to hire a researcher that would investigate land trusts as a model that prioritizes acquiring and caretaking land.
It was thought that land trusts might provide novel opportunities to Indigenous groups: governments, organizations, communities, or individuals, to access land and exercise responsibilities under the general framing of “decolonized” environmental governance.
This document is the result of that study. It is the combination of several voices and agendas that combine to answer complex questions about land trusts from a variety of angles.
Prepared by Kristi Lenora Gansworth with contributions and edits from Robin Roth, Christie Macdonald, Ian Attridge, and other participants.