Post on 12-Jan-2015
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The Haida and Logging on Haida Gwaii
Alan Moore
Gwaii Haanas National Park and Haida Heritage Site
• South Moresby Island and Surrounding Islands• Created in 1993• Governed by the Archipelago Management
Board– Equal Representation from CHN and Government
of Canada
Weyerhaeuser Era
• 1999: Weyerhaeuser purchases MacMillan Bloedel
• MacBlo had held rights to log BC Tree Farm License 39– Block 6 of TFL 39 is the main forest tenure on
Haida Gwaii
CHN Land Use Planning Era
• 2001: Land Use Planning Protocol Agreement• 2003-2005: Community Panning Forum• 2001-2004: Coat Information Team• 2004: Environmental Conditions Report– Ecosystem Based Management
• 2004: Haida Land Use Vision• 2005: Gwaii SGaanawaay Siigaa Iijaa (Island
Spirit Rising)
Gwaii SGaanawaay Siigaa Iijaa: Island Spirit Rising
• Weyerhaeuser to sell TFL 39 to Brascan• Did not consult CHN– Block 6 of TFL 39 is part of Haida Land Claim
• Fear of Brascan led to blockade of two roads and seizure of Weyerhaeuser timber
• Led to “Government to Government” negotiation period
Government to Government Era
• Weyerhaeuser sale fell through• Talks between CHN and Province intensified• Haida Tenure: 120,000m3 Community Forest• 2006 Timber Supply Review and 2007 Timber
Opportunity Analysis– Prospect of sustainable 800,000m3 AAC under EBM
Haida Gwaii Strategic Land Use Agreement
• Signed by CHN and Provincial Government• Outlines how Island land will be used in years to
come, based on protected areas and EBM• Founded Misty Islands Economic Development
Society in 2008• Created 11 new protected Haida Heritage Sites in
2009• Signed into law by Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives
Order
2009 Reconciliation Protocol• Outlines relationship between CHN and Province, including
co-management on resource issues• Authorizes CHN to implement SLUA, approve Islands’ annual
allowable cut• Officially changes name from “Queen Charlotte Islands” to
“Haida Gwaii”• Provides $10,000,000 to the CHN to buy forest tenures on the
Islands• Implements carbon-credit trading for Haida Gwaii forests• Grants another 120,000m3 forest tenure to the CHN
Current Developments
• CHN finalizing acquisition of TFL 60 (formerly Block 6 of TFL 39)
• Taan Forest taking over operations on TFL 60• Halt to “market logging” of cedar• Publicly stated desire to pursue FSC
Certification• Ongoing Land Claim
Conclusions