Mission

Our mission is to promote and support the practice and expansion of sustainable community forest management in British Columbia.

Purposes

The purposes of the Association are to:

• Work to ensure the viability of community forest initiatives in rural communities
• Provide education on community forestry issues
• Assist community forest practitioners in accessing resources required to succeed
• Promote community forest management as a strategy for community economic development

Guiding Principles

The guiding principles of the Association are to promote:

• Culturally, ecologically, and economically sustainable forestry
  and practice of community forest initiatives in a manner which respects First Nation rights and cultural values, and which fosters understanding and cooperation between rural communities and First Nations.
• Meaningful representation of community members in community forest initiatives.
• Informed public participation in community forest decision-making.
• Leading edge forest practices.
• Local forest-based employment.
• The restoration of forest ecosystems as a basis for social, ecological and economic health.
• Community responsibility for land use and allocation decisions.