1. Informational and Methodological Support to the Formation of the Model Territory of Traditional Nature Management in Khabarovsky Krai, Russia Natalie Ireena, Environmental Economist, PhD., Consultant Cecilia Sithembile Silundika, Circumpolar Analyst (Russia), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AAND) Brad Young, Senior Policy Advisor, National Aboriginal Forestry Association Mark Richardson, General Manager, Eastern Ontario Model Forest Canada-Russia Round table "Business Opportunities in the North“ CERBA Arctic and North Working Group, IEC Ottawa, May 27, 2011

2. The most current mechanism introduced by the Government of the Russian Federation Goal: to advance socio-economic development of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East on the basis of sustainable natural resource management A Concept of the Model Territory of Traditional Nature Management 2

3. Project Partners Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (Minregion) Ministry of Natural Resources of Khabarovsky Krai All-Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East (RAIPON) Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada 3

4. Pilot Model Territory in the Remote Ulchsky District, Khabarovsky Krai, Far East of Russia 4 Central and Eastern part of Khabarovsky Krai Located on the shore of the Okhotsk Sea Basin of the Amur River

5. Pilot Model Territory Characteristics An area of 1, 262 thousand hectares 13 local communities A total population of 12,050 inhabitants, including 3,331 Indigenous peoples, i.e. 82% of the district’s Indigenous population 5

6. Model Territory Partners 6 Government of the Russian Federation Regional/Khabarovsky Krai Government Ulchsky District Administration and Local/Villages Authorities Research and Educational Institutions Businesses Aboriginal and Environmental NGOs

7. Project Objective and Expected Outputs 7 Sharing best practices in the area of socio-economic development of Indigenous communities and sustainable natural resource management Project outputs will help Russian counterparts set directions for the development of economic opportunities in the Model Territory district. Model Territory Regulation based on the pilot Model Territory experience.

8. National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) Eastern Ontario Model Forest Parks Canada (Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat) Natural Resources Canada (Minerals and Metals Sector, Forest Communities Program) 8 Canadian Expertise Relevant to the Project Objective

9. Project Activities  Round Table in Khabarovsk, July 6-7, 2011  Visit to the Model Territory area  Round Table in Moscow, November, 2011 9

10. “First Nations and the Forest” May 27, 2011 Canadian – Russian Dialogue in the Arctic Bradley Young Senior Policy Advisor National Aboriginal Forestry Association

11. First Nations Context

12. Forestry & Natural Resource Context

13. A Natural Resource Catalyst

14. Circumboreal Arctic Nations

15. Partnership, CSR, Nation to Nation

16. C ANADA -R USSIA I NTERGOVERNMENTAL E CONOMIC C OMMISSION Promoting Economic Development in the Forest Sector Through Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation 16 May 27 th 2011 Mark Richardson R.P.F. 613 258-8241 mrichardson@eomf.on.ca

17. Who we are… Community-based forestry organization 19 years Not-for-profit & charitable Part of a larger network 17

18. Who we are… Forest Communities Program (40%) Other sources (60%) Considerable in-kind support 18

19. Who we are… Partnership is key First Nations Conservation organizations Industry Government at all levels Research and educational institutions Forest entrepreneurs Foundations Others... 19

20. Who we are… Settled landscape 1.5 M Ha 1 M people Forest sector decline Competing values from rural landscape 20

21. Who we are… Work in Ontario’s settled landscape Our outreach extends well beyond 21

22. Who we are… 22

23. What we do… A multi-stakeholder approach to … 1) develop new and advance existing forest- based opportunities 2) build community capacity and respond to a forest sector in change 3) develop and share SFM within Canada and abroad 4) Policy processes and development 23

24. 1.Forest Certification 2.Species at risk 3.Bioeconomy/Bioenergy 4.Business Opportunities Areas of Interest – Economic Development 24 4.Non-timber forest products 5.Education 6.Ecological Goods & Services

25. Corporate Social Responsibility in the EOMF 25 Important to the EOMF Closely linked to sustainability Economic, social, environmental values Critical to forest sector longevity

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