Private Managed Forest Lands Program Review Submission (Morales et al. 2020)

TITLE: Private Managed Forest Lands Program Review Submission (Part of the Coast Forest Sector Revitalization Initiative)

AUTHOR: Robert Morales (Chief Negotiator of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group), Professor Sarah Morales (University of Victoria Faculty of Law), Dr. Charlene Higgins (Chief Executive Officer of the British Columbia First Nations Forestry Council), Professor Michael Ekers (University of Toronto Department of Geography), Professor Estair Van Wagner (Co-Director of Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic at Osgoode Hall Law School), Nolan Little (JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School), Nancy Carlson-Jones, LLB

DATE: 2020

DESCRIPTION: A submission made on behalf of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group and the British Columbia First Nations Forestry Council providing a broad account of the PMFLA, an overview of Aboriginal title and rights on private forest land, and a set of recommendations about management of private forest lands on the coast.

EXTRACT: “Legislation governing private forest lands is critically important to the rights and interests of coastal First Nations in British Columbia. The current regime under the Private Managed Forest Lands Act(PMFLA) has enabled an intensive harvesting regime on private lands. It provides inadequate oversight and enforcement for the protection of environmental values and completely fails to recognize and protect cultural values on private land…”

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