Polar bears and their habitat are protected in Auyuittuq, Quttinirpaaq, Sirmilik, Ukkusiksalik and Qausuittuq National Parks. Under the Canada National Parks Act, Parks Canada protects important maternal and coastal summer pools in parks and prohibits the harassment and hunting of wildlife by non-Nunavut Inuit. All quotas for the Inuit harvest set out in the Nunavut Agreement apply to national parks. Agreements have been signed between the regional Inuit associations and Parks Canada on the impact and benefits that affect each park and create a framework for the cooperative management of each park. These agreements allow Nunavut Agreement recipients to hunt polar bears in parks in accordance with the rules and quotas established by the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. They also include provisions for the emergency killing of polar bears, including prevention and safety, compensation, the impact on Nunavut`s polar bear quota, and the obligation to make reasonable efforts to preserve the skin and flesh from emergency killing for Inuit use. A treaty for the implementation of the Nunavut Final Agreement. The Nunavut Agreement is an agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Region and Her Majesty the Queen in law of Canada. In 1990, the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut and representatives of the federal and territorial governments signed a land claims agreement-in-principle.

This document would establish the boundaries between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. In 1993, the Nunavut Agreement was signed and passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. The Nunavut Agreement is the largest land claims agreement in Canadian history, covering 1/5 of Canada`s landmass. This agreement gave the Inuit of the central and eastern Northwest Territories a separate territory called Nunavut. This is the largest Aboriginal land claim settlement in Canadian history. [1] The NLCA consists of 42 chapters dealing with a wide range of political and environmental rights and concerns, including wildlife management and harvesting rights, land, water and environmental management programs, parks and protected areas, cultural heritage resources, employment and public procurement, and a range of other issues. [2] The Agreement identifies two areas at the heart of the Agreement: the first area includes the Arctic islands and the eastern Arctic continent, as well as their adjacent marine areas; the second zone includes the Belcher Islands, associated islands and adjacent marine areas. [2] In 1973, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) began researching the use and occupation of Inuit lands in the Arctic. Three years later, in 1976, the ITC proposed the idea of creating a territory of Nunavut and the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission, which recommended dividing the Northwest Territories into two electoral districts: the Western Arctic (now the Northwest Territories) and Nunatsiaq (now Nunavut). The Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) negotiated the Land Claims Agreement with the federal government in 1982. The vote in the Northwest Territories determined the creation of Nunavut with a majority of 56%. The TFN and representatives of the federal and regional governments signed the Basic Land Claims Agreement in 1990.

In 1992, the TFN and federal negotiators agreed on the essential elements of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. On May 25, 1993, Paul Quassa, then President of the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, and Brian Mulroney, then Prime Minister of Canada, and Tom Siddon, then Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. On July 9, 1993, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act were passed by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. In 1998, amendments to the Nunavut Act were passed by Parliament and received Royal Assent. In 1999, on April 1, Nunavut became a reality with an independent government. The Canadian government and Inuit recognize the need for an effective inuit role in all aspects of wildlife management” (NA, 1993, p. 28). 12 The remuneration of the members of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board shall be determined by the Governor within the Council. 7 The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development shall arrange for a certified copy of the Agreement and any amendments to the Agreement to be tabled as part of the 5-year review requested by the Nunavut Implementation Committee (the Panel) as part of the Panel`s responsibility to monitor progress in implementation. (b) that part of section 7 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreements Act before paragraph (a); Footnote *13 This Act comes into force on or before December 31, 1993, which may be adopted by order of the Governor of the Council.

AND CONSIDERING that, following the Inuit ratification vote, the Contracting Parties have completed the text of Article 40 and certain other parts of the Convention and have finalized the text for the sake of clarity, all within the limits of the powers they conferred on the Convention as approved by the Inuit ratification vote, who is responsible for the Nunavut Settlement Region; and between the Greenland Home Rule Government and the Government of Nunavut (d) such other places as the Minister considers desirable. (b) the library of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, located in the National Capital Region; 6 (1) In the event of any discrepancy or conflict between the Agreement and any law, including this Law, the Agreement shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency or conflict. (b) Paragraph 7(b) of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreements Act; 10 (1) The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board established by the Agreement is hereby established as a corporation and, as such, the Board has the status, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purpose of carrying out his or her duties under the Agreement .. . .