Table 3. Currently certified Aboriginal forest companies.
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Standard |
Year of certification |
Area under certificate |
Type of tenure |
Details |
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| Iisaak Forest Resources, BC |
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FSC-International Recertified
to FSC-BC† |
2001, latest
recertification in 2007‡,§ |
87,664
ha; after 2007 76,794
ha‡,§ |
Mix of area-based tenures. After
recertification in 2007, short-term tenures excluded from certificate.
‡,§ |
Originally, 51% of Iisaak Forest Resources
were in a joint venture with McMillan Bloedel Ltd., which was later purchased by
Weyerhaeuser. Full First Nations’ ownership from 2005. Harvest in 2000 was 22,197
m3. Financial stability was a major difficulty associated with the
2007 recertification.‡,§
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| Pictou Landing First Nation, NS |
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FSC-Maritimes |
2000, latest recertification in 2006
|,¶ |
384.5 ha |
Community forest (private and reserve
land) |
SLIMF.#
No harvest in 2004–2007. Restoration of Acadian forest as main objective.|,¶
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| Eel Ground First Nation, NB |
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FSC-Maritimes |
2005 |
2,853 ha |
Reserve land |
SLIMF#,
harvesting <5,000 m3 per yr.††
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| Mistik Management Ltd.,
SK |
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ISO
14001CSA§§
FSC-Boreal‡‡
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2004 2005 2007 |
1.8 million ha |
Forest Management Area–public land,
privately managed |
50% owned by NorSask (Meadow Lake Tribal
Council); 50% by Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp Inc. Annual harvest is 445,000
m3 of softwood and 805,000 m3 of hardwood.§§
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| Services Forestiers Opitciwan, QC |
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ISO 14001 |
2005 |
N/A |
Mix of private and public land.|| |
Supplies wood mainly to Scierie Opitciwan
sawmill, which is a joint venture of Attikamek Band of Opitciwan (Atikamekw
Council of Obedjiwan) and Abitibi-Consolidated Ltd.|| Annual wood
harvest is 120,000 m3.¶¶
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† SmartWood Program 2005
‡ SmartWood Program 2007 a
§ SmartWood Program 2007 b
| SmartWood Program 2006
¶ SmartWood Program 2008
#Small and Low Intensity
Managed Forests (Forest Stewardship Council
2002)
†† Soil Association Woodmark 2005
‡‡Forest Stewardship Council Canada 2004
§§ Mistik Management Ltd. 2005–2008
|| First Nations Forestry Program 2006 b
¶¶National Aboriginal Forestry Association 2000
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