Press Releases from the Working Group

DECEMBER 18, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Officials Suggest Federal Government has Abandoned Mountain Pine Beetle Funding Pledge to BC.
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NOVEMBER 21, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY MUST BE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR ALL.
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OCTOBER 10, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
BC First Nations Petition Demands Government Action Now.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
BC First Nations Submit Positions to Roundtable on Forestry (with Background).
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JULY 18 , 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
First Nations at Risk from Forest Fires Abandoned by Federal Government.
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JULY 14 , 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
China Trade Mission Creates Prospects for BC First Nations.
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JULY 7 , 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
BC First Nations Launch Forest Products Trade Mission to China.
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JUNE 23, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Open Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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JUNE 10, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Saskatchewan Forest Fires Heighten BC Community Fears of Disaster.
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JUNE 5, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Government Must Act now on Forestry Report Recommendations to Save Lives.
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MARCH 11, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Devastated Forests Threaten Communities and Lives – Federal Government Must Act Now.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
criticize federal government for not taking pine beetle threat seriously.
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FEBRUARY 07, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Government must address Fire Risk for B.C. First Nations Communities.
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FEBRUARY 07, 2008| First Nations Forestry Council
Le gouvernement doit agir face aux risques d’incendie dans les
territoires des Premières Nations en Colombie Britannique (French Version)
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JANUARY 30, 2008| First Nations Leadership Council
Forests Are Not the Crown’s to Sell Privatization Proposals Would Create Chaos, Not Certainty.
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JANUARY 28, 2008| First Nations Leadership Council
It’s Time for Ottawa to Take Mountain Pine Beetle Crisis Seriously.
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NOVEMBER 30 , 2007| First Nations Leadership Council
First Nations to shine world climate change spotlight on northern boreal forest crisis.
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APRIL 20, 2006 | From the Spring Forum, Prince George:
First Nations Chiefs and Minister of Forests and Range
agree to proposed funding and benefits agreement for an
organized response to the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
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APRIL 11, 2006
First Nations Working Group report back to First Nation leaders of Mountain Pine Beetle impacted communities
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20 SEPT, 2005
PUBLIC STATEMENT
First Nations MBP public statement.
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12 SEPT, 2005
NEWS RELEASE
Adams Lake Indian Band seeks equitable opportunities..
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8 SEPT, 2005
NEWS RELEASE
Burns Lake Indian Band declares Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic
a ‘mega-disaster’...
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