Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: The perspective that I would like to express here will examine how Aborigmal Canadians are likely to assume a more prominent role in forest stewardship and perhaps change the way we manage forests.In anticipation of this Edition of The Forestry Chronicle, which is dedicated to Aboriginal forestry issues, I read several documents and articles on the subiect and was struck bv three things.First, the near exclusion, at least until recently, of Aboriginal Peoples from the forest sector, the one area where you would expect them to thrive and flourish Secondly, how case law and negotiated settlements may soon significantly increase the area of forest controlled by First Nations communities.And finally, the capacity building needed within Aboriginal communities to create new institutions and to train skilled people to meet emerging opportunities.Aboriginal Peoples live in close proxirnity to productive forest lands in this country.Their cultures are richly endowed by this association and are reflected in the holistic aspects of Native science.Why then has this
Source: The Forestry Chronicle
DOI: 10.5558/tfc74280-3
Language: English
Topic: Forest Management and Policy
Subfield: Forestry
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4253409557