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Outlines the Yukon strategy for protecting part of each of the territory's 23 ecoregions, protecting special places, and using principles of ecosystem management to conserve natural processes on other lands and waters. Includes a vision statement, criteria for selecting protected areas and special places, guiding principles of the strategy, and information on: the relation between protected areas and First Nation final agreements; the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the strategy; the steps to be followed to protect representative core areas within each ecoregion; initiatives for sustaining and diversifying the territorial economy; and implementing the strategy.

Examines forest property rights (tenure arrangements) in Canada and Alaska as a basis for establishing an improved set of tenure systems in the Yukon. Discusses crown and private ownerships, forest management agreements, forest licences, and timber permits.

A summary of progress to date in wildlife and landscape conservation in the Yukon and plans for maintenance of wildlife populations and wilderness in combination with the major industry, mining.

Summarizes available information on the timber resources of Yukon, including past and present local and export markets. Discusses impact of exchange rates and tariffs upon marketing prospects. Suggests marketing strategies in export sales.

This document contains the plan; a list of acronyms; activity plans; information on the Commission, Council, and Committee; the information strategy; economic planning; contracting and employment opportunities; coordination of the plan and the self- government agreement implementation plan; and the umbrella final agreement implementation plan.

Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska have created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource. In 2002, the AYK Sustainable Salmon Initiative (SSI) was created to undertake research to understand the reasons for this decline and to help support sustainable management in the region. This report makes recommendations for developing the research that the AYK SSI science plan should be based on, and relates the development of a restoration plan to the results of that research.