New Indigenous-led planning process launched for TFL 44 on Vancouver Island – Canadian Forest Industries
February 24, 2022
A new Indigenous-led approach to resource planning has launched on Vancouver Island that will be co-ordinated by C̕awak ʔqin Forestry Limited Partnership, formerly named TFL 44 LP.
C̕awak ʔqin Forestry will work with nations on whose traditional territories Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 44 is located to develop an Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) for forest and ecosystem management. The TFL 44 IRMP will consider the present and future needs of the nations and ecosystems while bringing together the teachings of the nations’ ancestors, the wisdom of the nations’ elders and the input of the nations’ citizens and members.
The TFL 44 IRMP will use the latest data, science and technology to create a common vision and direction for government-to-government land and resource management decisions. The plan will inform provincially-legislated processes such as forest landscape plans, old-growth management and on-the-ground operational planning to ensure long-lasting socio-economic, environmental and cultural benefits across the area.
