Forestry

Part of an examination of co-operative forest management involving First Nations, government and industry in Northern Alberta.

Focuses on the use of Indigenous traditional knowledge in forest management in Canada, but also addresses some issues in parks management and wildlife management outside forest ecosystems.

Discusses a self-improving management system which is facilitating an assessment of forest management as it relates directly to Little Red River/Tall Cree culture and their continued land use needs.

Investigates hydroelectric, forestry and energy corporations' relationship with Aboriginal peoples; case law provides some examples of exploitation.

Teacher's guide to accompany documentary by Jeff Bear and Marianne Jones about the decision by Haida Elders to occupy the front lines in a logging blockade which took place in the winter of 1985-1986. Highlights the Haida's relationship with the land, and respect for Elders and their roles in Indigenous society.

Series of eleven articles about the rainforest environment and wildlife and the threats including a proposed pipeline project.

Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.

Report highlights the progress that industry and First Nations communities have made together and what challenges will be faced in the future.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2009.

Report compiles and analyzes information on Aboriginal forestry activity in Canada for the Canadian Forest Service (CFS).

Looks at Aboriginal forest based activities for economic development on and off the reserve. Opportunities are identified by the National Aboriginal Forestry Association.

Summarizes findings of previously studies and identifies several benefits and recommendations.

Analysis of negotiated demands for work and encounters with labour politics, class, colonialism and capitalism.

Looks at the parallels that exist between structures of traditional Indigenous resource management systems and those based in western science to develop forest practice standards in the coastal temperate rainforest in Clayoquot Sound.

Comments on concept that combines nature and culture and aims to protect Indigenous resources holistically and more effectively.

Describes how the differing importance of the forestry industry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has led to contrasting strategies of pest management.

Study by researchers and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) reports on effects of climate change on hunting and fishing and delivery of supplies in community.

Book review of: Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Resource Management by Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, edited by Heleen Van Den Hombergh and Annelies Zoomers.

Examines the creation of carbon offset and emission reduction credits from the viewpoint of the Little Red River Cree Nation (LRRCN).

Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.

Historical note:

Comments on the factors that have played important roles in British Columbia's legal history.

Promotes development of strategies to support rights and participation of Aboriginal Peoples in the forestry sector.

Discusses how British Columbia businesses are developing working relationships with First Nations and positioning themselves as leaders in British Columbia’s changing economic climate.

Looks at the case Keewatin v Ontario (Natural Resources) and the procurement of licenses that natural resource companies require from the province.

Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2014.

Looks at a study which illustrates the importance of Aboriginal consultation in regards to the appropriateness of their undergraduate forestry training and continuing educational opportunities.

Looks at the traditional ecological knowledge of Elders, hunters, and trappers of the Little Red River Cree Nation and the Tallcree First Nation regarding the local critical wildlife habitat for moose, caribou and bison.

Book review: Cedar by Hilary Stewart. Scroll down to page 59 to read review.

Discusses how recognition of Indigenous practices and culture in forest governance and traditional livelihood should be considered when establishing community forest management systems.

[Agriculture] Thesis, (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2004.

Argues that the changes during this period were largely a result of transitioning from the fur trade, to an economy that was more diversified and commercialized.

Book review of: Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management edited by Marc Stevenson and David Natcher.

Book review of: Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region by Sandra Faiman-Silva.

Describes how local activists in the remote Northern Territory, Australian community were able to reduce air pollution by planting trees supplied by the Rio Tinto mining company.

Forest Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1994.

Discusses the environmental and economical consequences of global warming, deforestation, and the selling of communal land rights.

Studies the history of aboriginal forest use.

Forestry Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 2004.

Discusses the resource co-management regime of the James Bay Crees in northern Québec, and looks at co-management institutions within the broader context of nation-to-nation treaty negotiations. Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation 2003. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 133.

Defines co-management, and looks at how different forest attributes called for different property rights arrangements.

Environmental Design Thesis (M.E.Des.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Discusses how co-operative arrangements represent adaptive strategies employed by aboriginal communities to enact fundamental change in the institutions that most directly influence their access to traditionally used land and resources.

Examines the benefits of collaboration by using a typology based upon institutional arrangements and desired outcomes for those involved.

Discusses how The Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFMN) has supported research that promotes more effective linkages between Aboriginal people, forestry companies and governments.

Forestry Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.

Results from study of the current state of ecotourism can be used in the development of an ecotourism management plan for local communities on both sides of the border.