Most protected areas worldwide belong to the state, some belong to private owners including large conservation NGOs. There is another, rare option however: indigenous people as owners. This is now the case along the northern California coast where three indigenous nations have designated the first ever Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area (IMSA) in the U.S.!...Most protected areas worldwide belong to the state, some belong to private owners including large conservation NGOs. There is another, rare option however: indigenous people as owners. This is now the case along the northern California coast where three indigenous nations have designated the first ever Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area (IMSA) in the U.S.! news.mongabay.com/2024/01/first-ever-u-s-indigenou… Show more

First ever U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area declared in California

TOLOWA DEE-NI’ NATION, California — Three tribes along California’s rugged northern coast made history in late September by designating the first Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area…