Welcome to the NEW Resources North Association Website
Resources North Association is a new society constituted by bringing together the Integrated Resource Management Partnership of Northern British Columbia (the “IRM Partnership”) and the former McGregor Model Forest Association (MMFA). The Resources North Association was formally launched October 2, 2007 at the same time that the model forest program concludes its 15 year history. Natural Resources Canada Minister Gary Lunn has committed $1.5 million through the Forest Communities Program over 5 years to Resources North, providing core funding intended to be matched from other sources such as industry and the Province. For additional information, please view our News Release and Backgrounder.
Resources North Proposes Integration
The Resources North Association proposal "Applying Community Needs to Managing the Land: An Integrated Landscape Management Partnership," was approved by Natural Resources Canada’s Forest Communities Program. The goal of this project is to create new direction, energy and tools to truly make Integrated Resource Management a way of doing business. Resources North challenges its members to take a long-term, big picture approach to resource development. For further details, please review the proposal (2MB pdf), media release, and related article published in our July Newsletter.
Upcoming Events Where You Will Find Us
BioEnergy Conference and Exhibition
June 3-5, 2008 - Prince George Civic Centre
Resources North will have a booth set up at the Exhibition. Please come visit us. Details available at www.bioenergy.org
Forest and Resources Expo
June 5-7, 2008 - Prince George CN Centre
Resources North will have a booth set up at the Trade Show. Please come visit us. Details available at www.forestandresources.org
Planning for Climate Change: Acknowledging the Past, Preparing for the Future
June 10-13, 2008 - Prince George Civic Centre
The Planning Institute of BC is hosting this conference to "inform, inspire and draw from land use professionals from around the province, nation and globe to develop and utilize the planning tools need to deal with the most pressing global issue of our time." Resources North has partnered with specialists from BC and Alberta to host a session entitled "Towards Adaptation Planning in Small BC Communities," which will be held on Thursday June 12 from 1:15-2:45pm - we invite you to attend and participate! Registration and details available at http://www.pibc.bc.ca/conference/index.php.
International Model Forest Network Global Forum 2008
June 16-20, 2880 - Hinton Training Centre, AB
Participants from the 49 Model Forests across the globe have been invited to participate in this bi-annual Global Forum. Resources North will participate in this effort to identify ways to support and enhance the contributions model forests are making to the sustainable management of natural resources and forested landscapes from local to international levels. Details available at http://www.imfn.net/en/IMFNGlobalForum2008.html
Upcoming Events Hosted by our Partners
Space to Place: The Next Rural Economies Workshop
May 15-16, 2008 - University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC
This workshop brings together 23 rural and small town scholars from eight countries to discuss possibilities about what our next rural economies will look like. Conference and registration details available at http://www.unbc.ca/cdi/space_to_place.html.
BC’s Inland Rainforest - Conservation and Community
May 21-23, 2008 - University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC
This conference examines the conservation biology status of BC’s inland rainforests; community values and sustainable management; and perspectives and visions for the future of these unique forests. Conference and registration details available at http://wetbelt.unbc.ca/2008-conference.html.
Mountain Pine Beetle: From Lessions Learned to Community-based Solutions
June 10-11, 2008 - University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC
FORREX Forest Research Extension Partnership, in collaboration with a number of partners, invites you invites you to attend a conference to listen, contribute, explore, and discuss what has been learned as a result of the past four years of research and other initiatives aimed at addressing the biological, environmental, and socio-economic questions and challenges associated with the current mountain pine beetle epidemic, and how to use this information to help better plan and manage our natural resources now and in the future. Conference and registration details available at http://www.forrex.org/events/MPBconference/home.asp
