A B.C. First Nation and the province have signed a historic agreement towards jointly managing land, water and resource development.
8, signed by the Blueberry RiverNations in 1900, because it allowed development such as forestry and natural gas extraction without the community’s approval.heard more than 84 per cent of the nation’s territory is within 500 metres of an industrial disturbance.
Under the new agreement, the two sides will spend the next three years creating four Watershed Management Basin plans for all natural resource sector activities in areas considered the most important to theThe plans will set out old-growth forest levels, reserves, and “promote sustainable economies and resilient communities,” the government says.three plans for oil and gas development in the area.
In the meantime, the two sides have agreed to a timber harvesting schedule outside core areas, and are limiting new land disturbances caused by oil and gas development to 750 hectares annually.treaty was to ensure Blueberry was able to practise our way of life for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow,” she said during the announcement.
“A new precedent has been set. From this day forward, our cultural and traditional values will come before anything else.”First
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