To preserve Inuvialuit cultural identity and values within a changing northern society To enable Inuvialuit to be equal and meaningful participants in.

Principles of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA)

To preserve Inuvialuit cultural identity and values within a changing northern society

To enable Inuvialuit to be equal and meaningful participants in the northern and national economies and society

To protect and preserve the arctic wildlife, environment, and biological productivity

Beaufort Sea Strategic Regional Plan of Action (BSStRPA)

June 2004 IGC concerns regarding the next wave

of oil and gas development2005

Gov’t of Canada provided funds to develop a Strategic Regional Plan of Action for Beaufort

April 2008 The Beaufort Sea Strategic Regional

Plan of Action (BSStRPA) was fi nalized Regional Environmental Assessment

(REA) for the Beaufort Basin logical next step

Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment

(BREA)BREA – delivery mechanism to implement

BSStRPA

April 2009 – IGC endorsed BREA by resolution

Gov’t of Canada did not support

April 2010 – Macondo blowout

August 2010 – Gov’t Canada announces BREA program (2011-2015)

BREA Purpose & Goals

What is BREA?

Ecosystem based

Regionally focused assessment

Key environmental, socio-economic & cultural issues

Goals

Fill info & data gaps

Support effective & efficient regulatory decision-making

BREA Governance Structure

Inuvialuit involvement in BREA

Working Groups

Community Tours

Workshop

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA)

BREA and the future

Need for all stakeholders to be more prepared

Continued support for BREA

Need for long-term research, monitoring

Ongoing need for capacity building and equipment