Championing Integrated Resource Management

Through Partnerships & Collaboration

Resources North Association (RNA) Presentation to

City of Prince George Mayor and Council

March 4th, 2013

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Who Are We?

We are a BC-based non-profit founded in 2007 to advance integrated approaches to natural resource management;

Our goal is to assist communities and their industries to thrive into the future, while protecting the environment

Our mandate is: “Healthy communities, healthy businesses and industries, and healthy environments”

We do this by fostering initiatives that help communities and natural resource sectors work together effectively for a sustainable future

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Our Board of Directors

Dan Jepsen C3 Alliance Corporation

Kathy Lewis University of Northern British Columbia

Debora Munoz General Public

Doug Routledge Council of Forest Industries

Gavin Dirom Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia

John DeGrace Prince George Exploration Group

Lyn Anglin Geoscience BC

Greg Rawlings BC Min. Forests, Lands & Nat. Res. Ops

Sherry Sian Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Stephanie Killam District of Mackenzie (CHAIR)

Chief Dominic Frederick Lheidli T’enneh First Nation

Ross Peck Independent consultant

Bill McGill Prince George Chamber of Commerce

Kathie Swift FORREX – Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources

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Strategic Areas of Focus • Integrated Resource Management

Integrated Resource Management (IRM) is a means of realizing many benefits from the land. It analyses relationships between diverse resource uses and the effect that managing one resource has on others. IRM helps to keep proper balance between resource values over space and time.

• Collaborative Projects • Partner/Client Led

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Services and Attributes

• Project/Program Management and Delivery • Secretariat • Financial Administration • Facilitation

• Neutral/Unbiased • Balanced (put four lenses on everything) • Advocate for collaborative and coordinated

approaches (vs silos and ad hoc decisions) • Trusted

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Coming Together: Advancing opportunities of collaborative land management

• The Inaugural 2013 Resources

North Conference – June 19th and 20th, Prince George Civic

Centre – 125-150 Delegates and Presenters from

Energy, Mining, Forestry, Community and Aboriginal groups

– Case studies on collaborative initiatives from northern BC, provincial, national, and international projects

– Rare opportunity for cross-sector networking

– Presentation of the Cooperative Land Use Award

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Perspectives on Cooperative Land Management

• Kevin Kriese, Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations

• Doug Routledge, Vice President Northern Operations, Council of Forest Industries

• Karina Brino, Chief Executive Officer, Mining Association of BC

• David Pryce, Vice President Operations, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

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Striking the Right Balance

• Clayton Gilles, FP Innovations and Chris Smith, Ducks Unlimited Canada

• Marvin Eng, BC Forest Practices Board

• Rejean Tetrault, Shell Canada

• Wayne Thorpe, Foothills Research Institute

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Coming Together

• Mark Zacharias, Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Environment and Richard Dunn, Vice President, EnCana

• Luke Strimbold, Mayor, Village of Burns Lake and Al Gerow, Chief, Burns Lake Band

• Leanne Elliot, General Manager, Canadian Model Forest Network

• Brian Bonnell, Canadian Secretariat, Canadian Model Forest Network

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Conference Banquet and Award Ceremony

• Evening June 19th • Dinner • Cultural Performance • Cooperative Land Management Award

• Conference Tourism contributes to a diversified

economy in the north

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Budget

• Staff time (est): $30,000 (NRCAN, Canadian Forest Service, Forest Communities Program & RNA)

• Other Expenses: $44,000 • Sponsorships: $44,000 • Conference Fees: $30,000 + • Surplus reinvested to deliver 2014 event;

aiming to be a self-sustaining

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Contribution Request

• Range of sponsorships available between $1,000 and $10,000

• Suggested sponsorship to support the conference banquet and award ceremony – Exclusive sponsor: $10,000 – Co-sponsor: $5,000 – Reception sponsor: $2,500

• Official welcome from the City at the

opening of the event

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Economic Development

• Diversified – Conference Tourism

• Knowledge-based – Northern Solutions

• Vibrant - Downtown Activity

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Thank You

Melanie Karjala Business Development Strategist Resources North Association Ph: 250-612-5844 Email: melanie@resourcesnorth.org

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