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The purpose of this Project is to increase utilization of forest tenures provided to B.C. First Nations. To achieve this, the Proponent will identify best practices and challenges for First Nations forestry tenure holders in B.C. through benchmarking analysis. This is supported by the following Project objectives: o To collect data from First Nation tenure holders, related businesses, and other sources regarding First Nations forestry businesses' operations in 2010-11. o To establish databases and templates for a data collection and reporting system that will be administered by the Proponent to use for future regular quarterly and annual reports on First Nation forestry tenures in British Columbia