Nomination Bid For Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site Complete
A proposal to secure world heritage site designation for a large area of boreal forest in eastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario is complete and ready for submission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The Pimachiowin Aki world heritage project is a collaboration of five First Nations and two provincial governments committed to securing world heritage status for the largest protected-area network in the North American boreal shield.
Pimachiowin Aki, Ojibwe for the land that gives life, is the name given to this area covering 33,400 square kilometres of intact boreal forest and pristine waterways on the east side of Lake Winnipeg.
We know that a UNESCO designation for this site will protect the land for children across the world who benefit from things that are often unseen like clean air and clean water.
The Pimachiowin Aki nomination dossier is over 4,000 pages of material that makes the case the area has outstanding universal value. It is scheduled to arrive at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris by Jan. 27.
