Our Land

Our Land

Land Planning

The CFN Lands program provides a venue for Lands Managers and Stewardship Directors of CFN member Nations to work collaboratively with each other and engage with other governments, industry, environmental organizations and others to improve land stewardship.

Key goals include achieving effective implementation of ecosystem-based land stewardship, improving community wellbeing through conservation-based economic opportunities, and protecting the cultural and ecological values of member Nations’ territorial lands.

Protecting the Great Bear Rainforest

We aim to advance existing agreements that recognize the responsibilities and rights of CFN member Nations to protect and sustainably manage their lands and resources, including shared decision-making arrangements and participation in government-to-government forums related to land stewardship.

We also work to secure new agreements, including new policy and legislation, that advance Indigenous governance and co-governance of lands and resources and economic opportunities, such as carbon credits, tourism and forestry.

Great Bear Rainforest – Protecting Our Land and Sea

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Great Bear Rainforest carbon offsets support conservation and community
Coastal First Nation’s forest carbon financing model generates carbon offsets through sustainable management practices and uses revenue generated to support coastal conservation and stewardship. In 2009, CFN and BC signed the Reconciliation Protocol and validated one of the largest carbon offset projects in existence, the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project. The project includes changes in land-use…
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