Redbrry lake history

The European settlers practiced the mixed farming. The mixed farming was perfect for parkland
environment. The redberry lake was able to support some Saskatchewan’s native fish species. They
started fishing in 1940 and as the time passed salinity increased and fishes were no more sustainable in
the lake. In early 80’s there was no fish. The surrounding farmland has difficult economic shift. The farm
size was increasing, and farming was moving towards the commercial agricultural since second world
war. As the commercialization of the agriculture many marginal farms were no longer profitable. The
more use of the machinery increased the production cost. The people started to move into the cities for
employment. The urbanization has given the benefit to small rural community like redberry as tourism.

The development was increasing nearby area of the lake and it affected the population of white
American pelican. The local government protected the core areas of the lake from the development by
law. As the number of Pelican increased in redberry lake, It also increased the no. of tourism. The main
attraction of lake Pelican.

WHO IS INVOLVED IN GOVERNANCE

REDBERRY LAKE

RLBR is coordinated by local community entirely (video). The residents and landowners are participating
in the initiatives taken by the researchers and BR practitioners. One representative from each
municipality attends the meetings of the redberry biosphere reserve. REDBERRY SITE

Peter Kingsmill – founder redberry pelican project and redberry lake biosphere reserve

University, parks Canada

CLAYONOUT Sound

The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust comprised of First Nations and local communities of Clayoquot Sound.
The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (NGO) supports the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Region
Community for training, research and education actions that encourage sustainable development to
attain its goal by giving financial and logistical support. (http://focs.ca/clayoquot-sound/unesco-
biosphere-reserve/)

Planning
The Scientific Panel identifies three levels of planning - sub regional-, watershed- and site-level planning.
The Planning Committee is responsible for sub regional planning; the Watershed Groups are responsible
for developing watershed-level plans; and the licensees are responsible for preparing site-level plans.

The Planning Committee is made up of the twelve-member central Region Board and one representative
each from the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks; the Ministry of Forests; the Ministry of Small
Business, Tourism, and Culture; and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs. The Planning Committee co-
ordinate all planning activities accordance to the Scientific Panel recommendations and provincial
legislation in Clayoquot Sound. The scientific panel recommends the planning framework based on the
consultation and shared decision making with Nuu-chah-nulth community.

The government Clayoquot Implementation Team collaborated with the CRB to

develop a planning agenda with participation from government officials, local
governments, labour, forest companies, and environmental groups.

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsi/Clayoquot/clayoquot_sound.htm

The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT) is administrative co-management organization for the biosphere
reserve. http://clayoquotbiosphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CSBR-Periodic-Review-2010.pdf

The people and animals was living in the redberry lake is the part of the seasonal cycle. They didn’t
live here year around . The main attraction of first nations was Bison here. The buffalo berry has
multiuse by first nations. The main source of food first nations was buffalo.

WHO IS NOT DESCRIBED

Therefore, each municipal government in the reserve area appoints an employee to represent its Rural
Municipality. Once appointed, the representatives are required to attend board meetings of the
organization

What regional challenges confront people living in each region

Clayoout

Redberry

The redberry lake is salt water lake. The water is too salty for drinking and to support fish life. The water
level is going down and the salinity in the redberry lake is increasing over the years.

Larry Hawrysh (founder redberry lake biosphere reserve and farmer) organic market collapse due to
world recession in 2008-09 and people going to conventional agriculture for their cash flow.

Low prices of organic products.

Small farms are no more profitable because size of farms increasing and no. of farms decreasing in
redberry lake region. Most of small farmers are going out of business and moving out into big cities
from this region. Unhealthy soils are unable to produce good yield.

Are different knowledge systems important in each place?

The farming practices

How can the different actors contribute to solutions?

Redberry Regional Farmer’s Market (approved by Saskatchewan Farmers’ Market
Co-operative) suggesting local community to sell locally grown and made goods
under this market.

Land and Infrastructure Resiliency Assessment (LIRA) is planning for Climate

Extremes such as rains to mitigate the impacts cost effectively in the RLBR region.

RLBR is searching innovative ways to get back Agri-plastics such as grain bags from
the local landfills, so that they can recycle into packaging material. The sustainable
packaging materials can be used for SK AG commodities. Redberry lake site

The intensive grain farming reduced important nutrients from the soil. The unhealthy soils no more
profitable for grain production. The farmers are converting grain field to native prairie grassland lands.

The farmers using cattle to restore the nutrients.

The conventional farming practices includes animals and crops production. They were not growing
same crops on same land

Clayoout

First nations business

Ahousaht Wild Side Trail
Eagle Aerie Gallery

Hooksum Outdoor School

House of Himwitsa
T’ashii Paddle School & Cultural Canoe Tours

West Coast Wild Zipline Adventures in Ha’uukmin Tribal Park

The landscape of Clayoquot Sound honors a wide range of ethnicities with

noteworthy knowledges and visions to build cultural bridges. The cultural bridges
make a new path that credits a deep understanding of supernatural world.
http://focs.ca/clayoquot-sound/first-nations/
RLBR

Biggest international collaboration knowledge sharing agreement Rhon Biosphere head administrator
discovery trail to assist local species

School is ed
 School students expressed the responsibility to the area they live

Market garden

Flame Weeder

King family growing organic mixed vegetables in 1.5 acre farm and they move away from industrial
agri

Native praires stewardstep (rafter y ranch)

Brian and Darcy Yasienuik (ranch and farmer) consider themselves as a stewards of the land.

Mob garzing method similar to 100 years ago buffalo used to graze it

UNESCO

UNESCO is promoting understanding of the connections between biodiversity and cultural

diversity
 to raise awareness of the essential role of cultural diversity in sustaining and creating biological
diversity
 to support the meaningful inclusion of local and indigenous knowledge in biodiversity
conservation and management
 to mobilize cultural diversity to counter biodiversity loss, and
 to address ethical dimensions of biodiversity.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/special-themes/biodiversity/biodiversity-
culture/
UNESCO is involved in environmental research, modelling, and managing programmes, frameworks and
systems that facilitate national and international cooperation in this area.

UNESCO is also directly involved in environmental research and management through its Man and the
Biosphere programme (MAB) and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Sustainable tourism
Linking biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism at world heritage sites.
Mainstreaming biodiversity into education and learning brings sustainability to development efforts; it is the way
to shape new ways of seeing the world, new practices and behaviors and makes biodiversity conservation
possible. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is practiced in order to preserve biodiversity and test
options for reconciling preservation with the growth of human activities.

Biosphere Reserve

Government

Indigenous people
Indigenous and local communities conserve and manage biodiversity through dynamic knowledge and practice
that are continuously renewed and developed. Indigenous people are part of complex system that includes ties
to place, spirituality and worldview.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/special-themes/biodiversity/biodiversity-
culture/local-and-indigenous-knowledge/
Local communities

Research groups

Students
Biosphere reserves are great places for analyzing interdisciplinary approaches to experiencing and managing
changes and connections between ecological and social systems. conflict prevention and management of
biodiversity.

Stakeholders

Are there opportunities for collaborative solutions?

Managing Biodiversity through local and indigenous systems of knowledge

The interdisciplinary initiatives can fill knowledge gaps. An active role of local communities in resource
management, boosts the knowledge sharing across and within generations, and discover routes to
strength community-based knowledge in formal and non-formal education system.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/special-themes/biodiversity/biodiversity-
culture/local-and-indigenous-knowledge/