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Welcome to Riding Mountain Biosphere ReserveRiding Mountain UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve (RMBR), one of 16 Biosphere Reserves in Canada, was designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1986. It is a special area within which people are encouraged to demonstrate better approaches to conservation and sustainable resource use.The core protected area, Riding Mountain National Park, covers some 3,000 square kilometers of mixedwood forest, eastern deciduous forest, and rough fescue prairie. RMBR also includes a Zone of Cooperation which consists of the 15 municipalities and 4 First Nations that surround the Park, comprising an additional 12,000 square kilometers. The RMBR is encompassed primarily by Treaty 2 and to the west adjoined to Treaty 4. The landscape has been settled and managed by First Nations people since time immemorial.The RMBR is rich in lakes, streams and natural habitat. Development within the Biosphere Reserve has largely been for the growing of grain and forage crops, and for the production of livestock.

In 1999 the Manitoba First Nation Diabetes Committee (MFNDC) in response to the diabetes epidemic declared by Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs in 1997 developed the Manitoba First Nations Diabetes Strategy 'A Call to Action.'The Diabetes Strategy - 'A Call to Action' identified 5 priority areas to be covered to address the diabetes epidemic in First Nations: Care and Support Prevention and Promotion Gestational Diabetes Research, Surveillance and Evaluation Policy and Infrastructure

Caroline is the Executive Director for the Diabetes Integration Project. Caroline originates from the Pine Creek First Nation in the West Region Tribal Council region. Her nursing career began at Red River Community College where she graduated in 1986 with a Licensed Practical Nursing Certificate. Caroline continued her education on a part time basis and completed the Registered Nursing Diploma in Nursing in 1988.

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