Indigenous Leaders Say BC Is Failing on Forestry and Reconciliation

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Indigenous Leaders Say BC Is Failing on Forestry and Reconciliation – The Tyee

by ahnationtalk on June 18, 2021215 Views

The First Nations Forest Strategy offers a clear path forward, but action is too slow, conference told.

B.C. must implement all six recommendations from the First Nations Forestry Strategy to bring the industry in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, speakers at a virtual conference said Thursday.

“The government is not living up to their commitments to First Nations,” said Charlene Higgins, CEO of the BC First Nations Forestry Council.

Higgins was the moderator of BC First Nations Forestry Conference panel discussing forest strategy and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The panel included representatives from the BC Assembly of First Nations, Union of BC Indian Chiefs and First Nations Summit.