Management Guidelines For Forestry and Resource-Based Tourism

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Management Guidelines for Forestry and Resource-Based Tourism – APPENDIX 1TourismandForestry IndustryMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGPurpose:This Memorandum establishes a framework for negotiatingResource Stewardship Agreements (RSA's) thatwill allow the Resource-Based Tourism and Forestryindustries in Ontario to co-exist and prosper. Thismemorandum sets the general principles and minimumcontent for an RSA. The Resource-Based Tourism andForestry industries in Ontario agree to respect andadhere to this Memorandum, and to negotiate RSA'sin good faith. This memorandum is intended to directRSA negotiations between Sustainable Forest Licenceesand Resource-Based Tourism Establishment Licencees inOntario and is endorsed by a steering committee comprisedof representatives from the Forestry Industry,the Resource-Based Tourism Industry, the Ministry ofNatural Resources (MNR), the Ministry of Tourism(MTOUR) and the Ministry of NorthernDevelopment and Mines (MNDM).Principles:This Memorandum is based on mutual recognitionof and respect for the legitimacy and presence ofthe tourism and forestry industries.In particular:A. The Forest Industry of Ontario recognizes theimportance of resource-based tourism industryoperations in the forests of Ontario;B. The Resource-Based Tourism industry of Ontariorecognizes the importance of forest industryoperations in the forests of Ontario;C. The Forest and Resource-Based Tourism industriesdesire a pro-active long term approach to conductingoperations and resolving conflicts involving theirrespective activities in the forests of Ontario;D. The Forest and Resource-Based Tourism industrieswill, on a voluntary basis, promote each other'sinterests to third parties when reasonable andappropriate.E. The MNR, MTOUR, MNDM and the two industriesrecognize the following interests as critical tothe continued success and viability of industryoperations:1: For the forest industry:(a) minimize the cost of wood deliveredto the mill;(b) no long term reduction in the supply of fibreand timber;(c) security and accessibility of fibre supply;(d) sustainability of the forest resource forfuture generations;(e) protection of other forest values; and(f) management of the forest resource in accordancewith legislative and policy requirementsgoverning forest management planning inOntario;(g) sustainability and enhancement of fibre supply,timber supply and forestry opportunitiesnecessary for forestry industry viability;25
Management Guidelines for Forestry and Resource-Based Tourism – APPENDIX 12: For the Resource Based Tourism industry:(a) natural aesthetics;(b) remoteness, including maintenance of traditionalmeans of access;(c) maintenance of the perception of wilderness,including minimization of noise;(d) sustainability and enhancement of fish,game, and wilderness opportunities necessaryfor tourism operations; and(e) maintenance of the perception of Ontario asa world class wilderness tourism destination;Terms of AgreementTherefore, the two industries agree in thisMemorandum as follows:1. Every Forest Management Plan (FMP) in Ontariowill include a statement confirming the commitmentof part of the FMP to maintain the viability of thetourism industry by protecting tourism values inthe forest management planning process throughthe application of the Timber ManagementGuidelines for the Protection of Tourism Values(the Guidelines) and the use of RSA's as onemethod of protecting and sustaining these values;2. The MNR, MTOUR, and the tourism and forestindustries will approve criteria that will permit themapping of tourism values. This mapping will bedeveloped and maintained as part of each FMP.The MNR and MTOUR will provide a draft ofproposed criteria to the two industries within 60days of completion of this Memorandum. TheWorking Group or its representatives will definethe criteria at a meeting with MNR and MTOURto be held within 90 days of the completion of thisMemorandum. In the event a dispute over thecriteria remains after this meeting, MNR andMTOUR will define the criteria.3. The Guidelines will include a list of tools availableto address the Tourism and Forestry interests setout in this Memorandum, and provide guidance increating the prescriptions in a particular RSA. Inaddition, the Guidelines will not contradict any provisionto this Memorandum.4. Every RSA shall as a minimum follow the frameworkand contain the terms set out in Appendix"A" to this Memorandum.5. This is the entire agreement, and if any term ischanged without the express consent of allsignatories, then the agreement is void.Appendix A: Framework of an RSA1) An RSA is an agreement negotiated betweentwo legal entities: a Resource Based TourismEstablishment licencee (RBT) as determined by theMinistry of Tourism, and a Sustainable ForestLicencee (SFL). If the parties so agree, an RSA mayinvolve more than one RBT, and more than oneSFL but each RSA will be signed by an individualRBT and an individual SFL. If multipleparties are involved, the parties by negotiation mayagree on a Management Structure to implementthe RSA. This right to negotiate an RSA will beextended to the successors to such RBT designationsas MTOUR may determine.2) An RSA will contain:a) A map containing the projected twenty (20) yearprimary road corridors, the projected five yearsecondary road corridors, and Tourism values tobe protected over the next twenty(20) year period;b) A statement of the principles in thisMemorandum;c) A section containing the prescriptions affectingforest management that will be approved by theMNR and included as part of a ForestManagement Plan (FMP) under the CrownForest Sustainability Act (CFSA); andd) Any other provisions the parties agree to thatare not part of an FMP.3) Nothing in the RSA shall abrogate or derogatefrom or add to Aboriginal or treaty rights.26
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