The vast majority (c. 99.98 %) of the World Heritage site is protected under provincial legislation that recognizes the protected areas identified in the First Nation land management plans and provincial parks legislation (provincial parks legislation applies to three provincial protected areas). There is supportive “enabling legislation” at federal and provincial levels relating to protecting species at risk, regulating resources and development, as well as to public consultation on proposed land-uses. The four First Nation communities are on federal lands and make up the remainder of the World Heritage site (c. 0.02 %). Additional national and provincial legislation applies, for example, to Lake Winnipeg, several rivers and with regards to specific terrestrial and aquatic species. In most cases the protection is primarily for nature conservation but the First Nation land management plans and provincial park legislation allows cultural heritage to be taken into account. The entire World Heritage site is protected from all commercial logging, mining, peat extraction, and the development of hydroelectric power, oil and natural gas. Similar protections cover the management areas of the buffer zone (World Heritage Committee, 2018).