Introduction
Principles
Process
Community


For a more detailed discussion of how Silva approaches ecosystem-based planning, please see the document entitled Ecosystem-Based Planning-Principles and Process.

Check out some of our completed Ecosystem-based Planning Projects.

In the Projects section, you will find a brief summary of each project, links to maps that you can view online, and links to the library, where you can download the full project reports.

Community Participation

First Nations and local communities are full participants throughout the ecosystem-based planning process. Accommodation of First Nations aboriginal title and rights is a major factor in designing and implementing an ecosystem-based planning process. First Nation and rural community participants contribute important information that is included in the planning process. It is the community that needs to define a strategy for using the powerful information in their ecosystem-based plan. Community interests that participate in an ecosystem-based planning process need to have a significant constituency, a clear means of regularly communicating with their constituency, and a clear means of being held accountable to their constituency and to the broader community. Industrial interests, along with other interests, need to be comfortable with the philosophy and principles of an ecosystem-based approach to planning.