The Coast Forest Conservation Initiative (CFCI) is a collaborative effort of five British Columbia forest companies committed to new approaches to forest conservation and management in BC’s Central and North Coast. Its purpose is to support development of an ecosystem-based conservation and management plan for the region that contains one of the largest intact temperate rainforests in the world.
The initiative is unprecedented in its partnership with environmental groups and its collaboration with First Nations, local communities, the BC government, and forest workers to develop an ecosystem-based plan that fully integrates social, economic and ecological needs.
To develop the plan,an independent science team conducted the most comprehensive analysis of these globally significant forests ever undertaken. The team translated cutting-edge theories on how natural and human-based systems work into strategies intended to improve social and economic returns without compromising other values. This work is a global first. The science team’s final recommendations for a Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands ecosystem-based management framework were delivered in March 2004.
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