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Community Forest Expansion
WHEREAS communities could increase public safety and benefit economically with the expansion
of existing Community Forests;
AND WHEREAS the long-awaited amendments to the Community Tenures Regulation regarding
existing Community Forests expansion would support the development and diversification of
efficient and economically viable forest and wildfire mitigation practices that would maximize
benefits to local economies and reduce the wildfire risks to communities;
AND WHEREAS support for Community Forest agreement holders to invest in wildfire hazard
reduction, rehabilitation, intensive silviculture and economic diversification would create more
resilient communities and forests:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the NCLGA and UBCM lobby the provincial government to
create changes to the Community Tenure Regulations to allow for the expansion of Community
Forest Agreements that will foster self-reliance, build capacity and promote a prosperous,
healthy, and sustainable future for all Community Forests to meet the Provincial Government’s
rural development mandate.
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