Issue/Fact Sheets

Recommendations for a more effective Consultation and Accommodation Process. [PDF]

This Fact Sheet recommends a strategic approach for First Nations to the provincial referrals process, including:

1. Develop a territorial land and resource stewardship plan;
2. Prioritize referral responses to care for highly impacted sites
3. Engage government at the earliest possible time and set a meeting schedule
4. Create an accommodation proposal to be used in negotiations with other levels of government.
   
   
   

Social and Cultural Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle on a First Nation [PDF]

In 2006 the Ulkatcho First Nation undertook a pilot program in order to study the Social and Cultural Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle. Over the course of the project the following topics were raised as areas of concern:

1. Sustainability: Key to the Future of the Community
2. Enhancing the institutional capacity of the community
3. Focus on Youth and Children
4. Outreach to Off-Reserve Band Members
5. Community Safety
   
   
   

Evolving Legal and Policy Landscape as it Pertains to Forest Lands and Resources: Obligations to Consult and Accomodate [PDF]

This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the impacts and implications of the Haida, Taku and Huu-Ay-Aht Decisions.

Fire interface management for BC First Nations homes and communities [PDF]

Fire Interface, or wildland urban interface, is the area where structures and other human development meet wildland areas containing flammable vegetation (trees, brushes, grasses). A fire reoccurring in this area is called an interface fire.

The Fire Interface Management Fact Sheet provides useful funding and research links to assist Mountain Pine Beetle affected First Nations communities.