This is a 3-year (2003-2006) project funded by the Sustainable Forest Management Network Centre for Excellence. The research is based at the University of British Columbia Department of Forest Resources Management, but involves input from a wide range of partners and advisors.

There is now a spectrum of institutional arrangements involving Aboriginal communities in the forest sector, ranging from tenure held strictly by the community to joint ventures (in BC, formal institutional arrangements accounted for 6% of the Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) in 2001). This project will examine and evaluate the performance of the different institutional arrangements under which First Nations currently participate in the forestry sector across Canada.

This site was last modified on January 19, 2006.

Project Objectives:

1. It will examine the different institutional arrangements under which First Nations currently participate in the forestry sector across Canada and evaluate their performance.
2. It will identify the appropriate criteria and indicators by which aboriginal communities measure the performance of those institutions.
3. It will identify the essential characteristics of successful arrangements and aid aboriginal communities in developing the appropriate institutions that will help them best achieve their goals.
4. It will inform policy-makers in the development of forest management policies that can facilitate successful arrangements that satisfy not only economic but also social, cultural and environmental criteria.

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Click here to contact Dr. Ronald Trosper, Principal Investigator.