Conserving Canada's natural capital : Conserver le capital naturel du Canada : la forêt boréale : étude de cas: Muska-Kechika

The views expressed in the case study are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent those of the National Round Table, its members, or the members of the program’s Task Force. [...] The objectives of the Boreal Forest program are to: • develop specific short- to medium-term recommendations in the area of regulatory and fiscal policy that can alleviate barriers to conservation; • identify best practices and national-level incentives and instruments; and • describe the current challenge, the role of “major players” and the range of policies as they affect conservation in Canada [...] The State of the Debate report will outline the current “state of play” in Canada’s boreal forest, describe best practices and assess the potential use of regulatory and fiscal policy in furthering conservation and integrating it with economic activity in the boreal forest. [...] Three case study regions—the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area in northeastern British Columbia (plus adjacent areas of Yukon and the Northwest Territories), the AlPac Forest Management Area in northeastern Alberta and the Abitibi region on the Quebec– Ontario border—were chosen by the program task force using the following criteria: • pressure of multiple use and conflicts (many resource sectors inv [...] The questions were designed to elicit information the following areas: • the current legislative and policy framework of the M-KMA; • regulatory and fiscal policies that have been used to remove barriers to conservation in the M-KMA, northeastern British Columbia and adjacent areas of Yukon; • the effectiveness of these policies in removing barriers to conservation in the M-KMA, northeastern Briti