Forestry

Reviews the requirements of forest certification standards and then identifies the rights and treaties that are still in effect today. Appendixes are in French.

Discusses organization, policies, employment and training, Aboriginal business development, forest stewardship, and relationships with communities.

Looks at a project that developed a set of criteria and indicators (C&I) that were specific to a land base subject to a cooperative management planning agreement between the Province of Alberta and the Little Red River Cree Nation in northern Alberta.

Provides a list of Fort William First Nation's successful dealings with governments and corporations.

Looks at Indigenous dispossession in structures of capital accumulation by means of timber exploitation in Canada.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.

"This paper presents the rational and theoretical setting for research focusing on Aboriginal economic development of forest resources".

Discusses the impact of aboriginal empowerment on forestry activities and how it derives from differences between dominant values in Canadian society and those of most aboriginal peoples.

Topics include overview of First Nation Forestry Program, basics of starting a business, sources of capital, Fort Apache Timber Company, Silviculture Contracting company, ecotourism, and natural resource-based negotiations with industry and governments.

Summarizes a study that examined Aboriginal expectations for sustainable forest management and current forest tenures in the Kaska traditional territory of British Columbia.

Aims to develop a better understanding of Aboriginal peoples’ expectations of the forest environment, and their perceptions of forest planning and management operations on Crown forestlands.

Examines three case studies, Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, and Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in British Columbia, to address the costs and benefits of protected areas to Aboriginal Peoples, and highlight management practices.

Examines the process as members were trained, supported, and monitored as they introduced the participatory process to their communities.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.

Presents a case study that draws a portrait of forestry entrepreneurs, within the Ilnu community of Mashteuiatsh, and reveals the role played by the band council in developing forestry entrepreneurship in the community.

Looks at Aboriginal forestry in Canada and the driving forces behind advancement.

Looks at strategies of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal loggers; examines the historical context behind the confusion and conflict seen in the Aboriginal forestry practices of one First Nation community; and offers recommendations for Aboriginal forestry policy in New Brunswick.

Overview of workshop held February 16-17, 2011, Sawridge Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta.

Looks at the results of research undertaken to assess forest tenure as one indicator of Aboriginal participation in the management and economic aspects of forestry. The document also assess the progress made in achieving increased Aboriginal participation in the forest sector.

Looks at the the growth and diversification of the Canadian forest-based economy and the importance of science education for Aboriginal students to better prepare for emerging occupations in the bioeconomy and the provision of ecological goods and services industries.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Examines the extent to which advances in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relationships and Aboriginal forestry have been made over the past decade; and looks at the co-existence as a framework for Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations in sustainable forest management.

Discusses the importance of Aboriginal viewpoints on consultation processes and determines if the way in which consultation processes are being carried out impacts participation by Aboriginal people.

Updated version of 1995 paper includes new developments in the Forest sector and recognition of Aboriginal rights and title.

Looks at Aboriginal ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge regarding forest management planning, and discusses how Aboriginal communities need to understand the language that planners use and the objectives they hope to achieve.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perrault. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 184.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perreault.

Discusses various post-secondary institutions in Canada that develop innovative programming solutions to attract more Aboriginal students and to address the complex problems surrounding Aboriginal involvement in forest management.

Research paper on legal issues and case law concerning access, control, ownership and management of natural resources.

Discussion of the ramifications of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia. Chapter 17A from Proceedings of the 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.

Panel discussion with Jay Nelson, Krista Robertson and John Burrows on the Tsilhqot'in Nation v BC Supreme Court decision. Duration: 1:59:07.

Case study focuses on the relationship between the forest industry and First Nations' interests in land and natural resource in British Columbia.

Looks at the critical analysis and legal context pertaining to Aboriginal rights over lands and resources; and implications of these findings for the forest tenure system and for cooperative management arrangements in Alberta.

Focuses on Aboriginal peoples’ interests in and access to provincial Crown forest lands.

Identifies and discusses key elements of forest policies and tenures and addresses specific problems these features pose for the Aboriginal communities and organizations who have experienced the results of these problems.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--Lakehead University, 2009.

Looks at the community benefits of logging and the basic issues of rights and access to forests in the Malinau area.

Book review of: After Native Claims? The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements For Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale. To read review, scroll to page 94.

Book review of: After Native Claims?: The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.

Looks at how livelihood systems and traditional hunting and gathering grounds are being threatened by conservation project on Cameroon's Atlantic coast. To access this article, scroll down to page 14.

Book review of: American Indians and National Forests by Theodore Catton.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2008.

Documentary about the formation of the first cooperative venture in the Inuit community of George River in Northern Quebec. Duration: 29.15.