indigenous peoples and natural resources

an overview of indigenous peoples and natural resources, with an emphasis on indigenous participation in forest management. topics include: historical and modern day treaties and their impacts on natural resources development and management; what it means to incorporate aboriginal and treaty rights in natural resources development and management; indigenous peoples' relationship to forest land and resources; natural resources policy developments and practices related to indigenous issues at international, national, regional and local levels; and indigenous peoples' relationships with provincial and federal governments and stakeholder groups such as environmental non-governmental organizations, natural resources industries and forest dependent communities.