Artículo | 14 Abr, 2011

Peace in the forest or smouldering conflict? Reclaiming the “Right to Negotiate for Ourselves” in the Canadian boreal

For two issues (CEESP September 2010 and December 2010), we have raised attention to how an international network of environmental organizations and the forest industry have been shaping forest policy in the Canadian boreal region. We specifically focused on the Far North Act in Ontario and the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, both of which were signed in 2010.

The Far North Act committed 50% of Ontario’s Far North region to protection through a process of both regional planning and community-based land use planning.

The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) was signed in May of 2010 by nine environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) and 21 forestry companies, members of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) to bring “peace in the forest” in areas allocated by provincial governments to logging companies.[1]

Proponents have hailed both models as successful.[2] However, the Indigenous people impacted by such policies tell a different story. In this update we provide some of the voices from both sides of what is becoming a protracted and multi-fractured debate.

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