• Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Eastern Ontario
• Foothills
• Fundy
• Lake Abitibi
• Manitoba
• McGregor
• Nova Forest Alliance
• Prince Albert
• Waswanipi Cree
• Western Newfoundland
• Special Project Areas
• PEI Model Forest Network Partnership Ltd.
• Labrador
• Vancouver Island

Special Project Areas

During Phase III of Canada’s Model Forest Program, several new sites joined the Canadian Model Forest Network (CMFN) as Special Project Areas. These areas were selected based on identified ecological and socio-cultural gaps in the existing CMFN.

The primary focus of the Special Project Areas initiative is to transfer knowledge and technology from Model Forests to these new locations. As with each Model Forest, partnerships are an important element of Special Project Areas. Each area has groups of partners representing a wide diversity of interests in the social, economic and environmental dynamics within their region and shares the Model Forest commitment to the sustainable management of Canada’s forests.

Each Special Project Area is affiliated with at least one Model Forest, and works closely with its Model Forest mentor to achieve goals and objectives. There are currently two Special Project Areas within the CMFN, with another having recently wrapped up its activities:

• PEI Model Forest Network Partnership Ltd. (comprising all of Prince Edward Island and affiliated with the Nova Forest Alliance);
• Labrador/Nitassinan Ecosystem-based Forest Management Plan (located in southern Labrador and affiliated with the Western Newfoundland Model Forest); and
• Vancouver Island Non-Timber Forest Products Project (located on the east coast of Vancouver Island and affiliated with the McGregor Model Forest) was funded until March 2006.

Follow these links to find out more about the exciting work underway in the CMFN’s Special Project Areas.

Another venture being supported by the CMFN includes the Yukon Project, which involves the Government of Yukon, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and the McGregor Model Forest. This project focuses on several areas of concern to local stakeholders including: adaptation to climate change, community capacity related to sustainable forest management, building local partnerships, socio-economic indicators, and a traditional knowledge monitoring framework.

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