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Forests For The Future
What could a healthy, vibrant future for B.C. forests look like? Who is innovating in the world of forest management? What Nations, organizations, businesses and other groups are making a difference?
IndigiNews and The Discourse have joined forces for an innovative solutions journalism series that will investigate challenges and opportunities towards the sustainable forests of the future.
Quw’utsun Elders lead cedar planting ceremony at Bright Angel Park
They planted trees as a memorial for children lost to residential ‘schools’ and as a gift for future generations.
Historic land agreement ‘will bring our people home,’ says SC’IA⁄NEW Chief
The First Nation plans to reclaim its territory at Mary Hill and protect it through Indigenous law.
As another round of logging wraps up in Nanaimo’s watershed, advocates say it’s time for longterm solutions
Land acquisition and Indigenous protected areas could help vulnerable ecosystems and secure water for a growing future.
What are Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas?
An Interview with Eli Enns, co-founder of the IISAAK OLAM Foundation.
Indigenous practices are the future — and past — of wildfire prevention
Thousand-year-old practices are at the core of wildfire mitigation efforts in the Westbank First Nation Community Forest.
Indigenous and Western forest education find harmony at the Wildwood ecoforest
Educators at the Wildwood ecoforest have partnered with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers in an effort to blend Indigenous teachings with Western science.
To save South Island forests, community support is critical, and not enough
It takes ‘the stars aligning’ to save some of the last forested parcels left, conservationists say.
‘An unlawful act’: Tl’ul’thut (Robert) Morales on Vancouver Island’s E&N land grant
‘What are the land rights of First Nations whose traditional territory have been unlawfully confiscated?’ asks Cowichan Tribes member and chief negotiator for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group.
Saving the Red Gate forest
As thousands of residents petition to protect a beloved parcel of Nanaimo River forest from logging, some argue it’s time for big-picture solutions.
