Call for Members: Indigenous Steering Committee on Seaweed Farming in BC

This draft call and initial Terms of Reference are starting points. The Steering Committee will refine and finalize its mandate, scope, structure, and ways of working to ensure it is Indigenous-led and responsive to its members’ needs and priorities.

Purpose

There is growing interest in seaweed farming in BC, and we are at a pivotal moment in the province and sector to define the parameters and processes within which this industry can develop. Ecotrust Canada and The Pew Charitable Trusts have begun separate and shared work to support the sustainable, inclusive growth of the emerging seaweed-farming sector in British Columbia and Alaska. It is our collective hope that the development and benefits of coastal resources occur with leadership from the First Nations in whose territories these activities may take place, creating a lasting, meaningful, and sustainable seaweed sector rooted in local leadership, places, and people.

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