Clayoquot Green Economic Opportunities Project
Acknowledgements:
The authors would like to acknowledge those community members in Tofino, Ucluelet, Opitsaht and Ahousaht who agreed to share their business information, sector and traditional knowledge and insights with us. These people made the project possible, made the results relevant and, we hope, helped to ground the recommendations in some reality.
We would also like to thank those organizations that contributed significant in-kind support to ensure the completion of this project. It would not have happened without them.
Finally, thank you to the members of the Ahousaht community, who welcomed us, worked with us on this project and had the patience, once again, to tell their story.
Funding provided by:
The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust provided funding for this project. Support-in-kind was provided by Ecotrust Canada, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Simon Fraser University Community Economic Development Centre and Ahousaht First Nation.
Research team:
Kelly Vodden, Simon Fraser University Community Economic Development Centre
Brenda Kuecks, Ecotrust Canada
Donovan Woollard, Ecotrust Canada
Pamela Webster, Ahousaht First Nation
Errol Sam, Ahousaht First Nation
Kirsten McIlveen, Simon Fraser University
Region of Interest for this Study:
This study focuses on economic opportunities in the Clayoquot Biosphere Region as defined by the UNESCO Biosphere designation. This region includes the core region of Tofino, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht and Hesquiaht[1] as well as the communities of Ucluelet, Ittatasoo (Ucluelet First Nation[2]) and Macoah (Toquaht Nation).
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1 - Hesquiaht and Tla-o-qui-aht are not signatories to the Biosphere agreement at this time
2 - Ucluelet First Nation also has some traditional territory within the reserve itself
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