Mosaic to Partner with Way Key Ventures for Timber Harvesting Services
Nanaimo, BC — Mosaic Forest Management and Way Key Ventures have reached an agreement to provide timber harvesting services on Quadra Island.
We Wai Kai First Nation and Roga Contracting formed this new company, Way Key Ventures, to benefit the continued employment and careful management of the working forests of Quadra Island. The harvest area is within Tree Farm Licence 47, managed by Mosaic Forest Management. Way Key Ventures will also provide harvesting services to the We Wai Kai First Nation.
“Mosaic is committed to recognizing and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples,” said Jeff Zweig, President & CEO of Mosaic. “We are proud of our partnership with Way Key Ventures as an example of how we foster Indigenous participation in the forest economy and support business development opportunities by increasing commercial partnerships within our supply chain.”
“This new partnership is a significant opportunity for our Nation to experience economic, social and cultural benefits of forests within our traditional territory,” said Chief Ronnie Chickite, We Wai Kai First Nation. “We all benefit from a thriving sustainable forest sector.”
This agreement is consistent with Mosaic’s Indigenous relations commitments to ensure cooperation and mutual respect are the foundation of Indigenous relations in all business activities.
Mosaic was the first forestry company in BC to achieve Progressive Aboriginal Relations Certification from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. For more information, please visit MosaicForests.com/First-Nations-Partner.
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About Mosaic Forest Management Corp.
Mosaic Forest Management Corporation is in the business of sustainable forest stewardship, managing private timberlands and public forest tenures in Coastal British Columbia for more than a century. Mosaic employs several thousand people directly and indirectly, and is strongly committed to achieving positive economic, social and sustainability outcomes from the working forest. For more information, visit MosaicForests.com.
About We Wai Kai Nation
We, the We Wai Kai embrace our language and culture to build a proud, healthy, safe and self-sufficient community. We support and encourage each other to thrive through following the footsteps of our ancestral history, as stewards of our lands and waters, while balancing our role in modern day society. For more information, please visit WeWaiKai.com.
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Mosaic Forest Management
Karin Doherty, Director, Government Relations & Communications
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We Wai Kai Nation
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