A Land-Based Community Economic Renewal Initiative of Pikangikum First Nation
Today's Date: May 11, 2008
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Posted: February 8th 2007
Pikangikum First Nation and the Ministry of Natural Resources are preparing a submission to the Ministry of the Environment seeking Environmental Assessment Act coverage for forest management on the Whitefeather Forest.
 The goal of the initiative is to secure commercial forest management tenure, and forestry and protected areas opportunities within the traditional territories of our First Nation.
We have now passed a critical milestone in achieving our goal – the completion and approval of a Land Use Strategy for “Keeping the Land.”
The Initiative brings together:
- Community-led economic renewal for Pikangikum First Nation, providing urgently needed employment for Pikangikum people through tribal enterprise
- Conservation of the biodiversity and resource abundance of the boreal forest, protected and enhanced by the people of Pikangikum First Nation since time immemorial
- Win-win partnerships led by Pikangikum First Nation, building consensus and harmonizing interests around key resource development issues
- The best of local Indigenous Knowledge and western science to develop innovative, “state of the art” planning and management tools
Under the leadership of our First Nation and its partners, the Whitefeather Forest Initiative is blazing a new trail towards economic self-determination for First Nations people while protecting the abundance and diversity of the great northern forest, using planning and management tools that combine timeless wisdom with cutting edge modern technology.
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