Clayoquot FCP
Clayoquot SoundA message from Brenda Kuecks, President, Ecotrust Canada
With this week’s scheduled meetings between Canada’s native and non-native leaders, it seems plausible to hope for some positive change.
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IMFN 20th AnniversaryThe year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the International Model Forest Network (IMFN).
green cultural building designproject_name:green cultural building designWe are working with Nuu-chah-nulth communities on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, to help them design green and culturally appropriate homes that recognize present circumstances, using today’s skills, based on yesterday’s knowledge, for future generations.
Monkey puzzle tree (Photo by Grace Fell)While it takes some stretch of the imagination to picture Chile’s native, uniquely-shaped Monkey Puzzle tree converted from tree to home, an hour spent answering Chile Model Forest Network representatives’ questions proved that the Qwii-qwiq-sap ‘Standing Tree to Standing Home’ project being piloted in Clayoquot Sound has much to offer the world.
Few could argue First Nations are now at the forefront of forest resource management in Clayoquot Sound
writes Julia Prinselaar in an indepth article published in the Westerly News March 10, 2011, following up on her earlier article."Representatives from the environmental community, the local forest industry, First Nations and local government convened for the Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel Symposium to look at the last 15 years of changes and practices in regional forestry management and what these changes mean for
video:On Nov. 16th, 2010, the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and the Clayoquot Forest Communities Program hosted 51 people for an Integrated Monitoring Workshop in Tofino BC.
AHOUSAHT SAWMILL
The first delivery from Chiits-chiita Sawmill: siding for the Ahousaht Fisheries buildingproject name:AHOUSAHT SAWMILLHow do you say “cutting” in Nuu-chah-nulth? You say “Chiits-chiita”, and that is the name of Ahousaht’s new sawmill.
AHOUSAHT'S "CIRCLE OF WEALTH"
A new eight-unit housing complex: part of Ahousaht's plan to improve housingproject name:AHOUSAHT'S "CIRCLE OF WEALTH"In 2008, the Ahousaht First Nation approached the Clayoquot Forest Communities Program about a plan to create more employment opportunities in the forest sector and contribute to solving the housing crisis in their community.
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