(Excerpt) 9. Conservation for the [...] First Nation means the management of human activities to maintain, protect or recover fish, wildlife, plants, and habitat since all are connected, to foster the maintenance of natural populations, biodiversity and ecological processes capable of sustainable harvesting. Conservation may include preservation, protection, augmentation and controlled utilization of populations and habitats.
10. The [...] First Nation expects all parties will recognize and respect the importance that traditional knowledge, cultural values, sacred laws, and traditional practices play in the [...]system of fish and wildlife management.
11. The [...] First Nation believes in a Precautionary Approach to fish and wildlife management that will allow joint management decisions to be made based on community knowledge and Traditional Knowledge without having to wait for results from western science studies to be completed and confirmed.
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