In the fall of 2009 and the winter of 2010, two workshops responding to the growing interest in non-timber forest resources were held in Nanaimo, British Columbia (November 6 2009) and Truro, Nova Scotia (February 18-19 2010). These workshops were sponsored by the CMFN and Royal Roads University. The Centre for Livelihoods and Ecology at Royal Roads University prepared a summary report for the Nova Forest Alliance on behalf of the Canadian Model Forest Network entitled: From East to West: Key Lessons for Non-Timber Forest Product Development in Canada’s Model Forests.
This report summarizes the main outcomes, lessons learned and key messages of those workshops and provides some suggestions for strategies that the Canadian Model Forest Network and its members could follow to support future development in the non-timber forest products sector.
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The Canadian Model Forest Network (CMFN) is a not-for-Profit organization that connects stakeholders, facilitates knowledge transfer and develops practical tools, programs, and best practices that support responsible resource management.
Canada is a resource rich country, supporting a wealth of renewable and non-renewable resource industries. Canadians are stewards to a large portion of the world’s temperate and boreal forests. These forests provide a range of ecological services: from water purification and storage, erosion and flood control and air quality protection, to the provision of wildlife habitat. Forests also play a critical role in climate change mitigation, with Canadian forests sequestering an estimated 95 billion tonnes of carbon. Forests provide a range of economic values: from traditional forest products, recreational values and trapping, to the potential for energy production.
Each Model Forest works regionally to promote the sustainable management of large forest landscapes through research, education and applied projects. Model Forests support forest- based communities by bringing together the information, tools and best practices needed to overcome obstacles and identify new opportunities. This guide was developed under the national Socio-Economic Indicators program. It is supported by a steering committee of CMFN members and partners from across the country.
This Guidebook and the accompanying Community Resource Collection has
been crafted based on the idea that Canadian rural communities in forest settings want guidance in
understanding and acting to reduce community impacts from the changing climate. Collecting information
and existing tools into a useful framework has been the first step for this initiative.
For Resource Collection Click Here and for the Guidebook Click Here
The Canadian Model Forest Network has established a J. Michael Waldram Memorial Model Forest Fellowship. The annually awarded Fellowship, is valued at a $1,000 and is open to all Canadian aboriginal youth enrolled in either a degree or diploma program in natural resource management at an accredited Canadian university or college. Application deadline is May 18th 2013
Download the application and info package.
