Traditional land use and occupancy studies and their impact on forest planning and management in Alberta

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Canada is an international leader in the methodology of traditional land use and occupancy mapping as a result of the negotiation process for settling comprehensive land claims in the North. Since the early 1980s this methodology has found increasing application in the Canadian mid-North, especially in the context of forest planning and management in the northern Alberta Forest Management Agreement (FMA) areas. The goals of traditional land use and occupancy mapping in these FMAs include collection and preservation of traditional environmental knowledge, integration of this knowledge into forest planning and management and, for the Aboriginal communities, active participation in decision-making processes in order to attain sustainable forest management. While the first goal is often met in mapping projects, goals two and three are proving harder to achieve because of conflicting government policy agendas, differing paradigms of community development in society at large, and the lack of recognition and legal protection for Treaty and Aboriginal rights.

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Robinson, M. P., & Ross, M. M. (1997). Traditional land use and occupancy studies and their impact on forest planning and management in Alberta. Forestry Chronicle. Canadian Institute of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc73596-5

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