Thank you to those who came to the Community Forestry Conference and working session.  Community Forestry contributes to local community economies and ecological sustainability. Decisions made by local people take into account ecological, social and economic sustainability. Wealth generated from use of the forest stays in the community rather than leaving to pay distant shareholders. As money remains in the locality, potential exists for diversification into more refined wood products benefiting the local economy.

The Forest Forum gathered representatives from municipalities and organizations from all over the province to discuss various issues facing local forest communities. The level of information provided by the speakers and the presentations were informative and allowed the participants to explore possibilities for forestry in New Brunswick. This also provided a platform on which to inspire discussion amongst the participants’ in small working groups. The participants were arranged according to their respective regions and were able to discuss issues more applicable to their area. Various questions were posed to the participants, and they were given an amount of time to discuss and come up with ideas. Ideas were discussed within the group and then shared with the rest of the participants. We are currently putting together all of the outcomes from these small working group discussions and will be posting the results here on this web page when they are available.  Stay tuned!!!

Jennifer Gunter (BCCFA) and Chris Caldwell (Menominee Indian Tribe) answering questions of the plenary.

To access more info from the Forest Forum, Click on the corresponding links:

Presentations:

• Corporate Reserve by Bill Parenteau and Mark McLaughlin
• CCNB Community Forestry by David Coon
• Small group discussions
• Community Forestry in BC: An Opportunity in the Face of Change
  by Jennifer Gunter
• Community Governance and Tenure: Menominee Indian Tribe
  by Chris Caldwell
• Urbión Model Forest, Soria, Spain
  (brief overview by Jean Arnold)
• Irishtown Nature Park Community Forest Project
  by Heather Hawker

Our Forest, Our Future - Newsletter - French|English

Potential Community Tenures - Map

Discussion Questions and Results from working groups

Bilingual Forest Forum: Community Forestry Proceedings in pdf format.

Muskrat Singers and Percy Sacobie
from Wolastoquiyik Community
(Maliseet First Nation)

Discussions on Community Forestry.

From small acorns grow great oak trees.