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Haida Nation–owned forest company earns FSC® Verified Impact status for enhancing conservation networks and culturally important species on Haida Gwaii
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TORONTO, March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) has expanded its commitment to credible climate and nature action through FSC Verified Impact—a new program that enables the transparent measurement and reporting of positive outcomes from FSC-certified forests. Designed as a collaborative framework, FSC Verified Impact supports producers, brands, retailers, financial institutions, and governments in accessing and disclosing high‑integrity forest data across value chains. By investing in monitoring and improvement projects in FSC‑certified forests, sponsors gain verified evidence and compelling stories that demonstrate the real, measurable impacts their investments are having on forest ecosystems and local communities.
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Amongst one of the program’s first verified projects globally, Taan Forest (Taan), the forest management enterprise owned by the Council of the Haïda Nation, is leading the way under the FSC® Verified Impact program in Canada. This milestone marks not only the first Verified Impact project in Canada, it is also one of the first globally to be verified for enhancing Indigenous cultural values, showcasing how FSC® certification can credibly demonstrate positive outcomes for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and community-led stewardship.
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Taan manages two forest licences spanning more than 190,000 hectares on Haida Gwaii, the ancestral homelands of the Haïda Nation. Prior to Taan, the forest was managed under high-intensity industrial logging practices. Following the Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order (2010) and Taan’s FSC® certification in 2011, management shifted toward a values-based stewardship model. Verified ecosystem services impacts now provide third-party verification, under the FSC®’s framework, that Taan’s management approach is delivering measurable ecological and cultural benefits.
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“Taan Forest is proud to be one of the first Indigenous organizations worldwide under FSC® to pursue verification for the enhancement of cultural values”, said Leticia Hill, Chief Executive Officer of HaiCo. As a Xaayda Haida owned company, Taan Forest strives to be a leader in forest management, incorporating cultural values and conservation in its practices.”
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Through this verification, Taan Forest has demonstrated two ecosystem services impacts:
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- Enhancement of an ecologically sufficient Conservation Areas Network
- Enhancement of culturally valued populations or species
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Over the past 15 years, Taan has built a Conservation Areas Network that includes wildlife habitat reserves, aquatic buffers, cedar stewardship areas, and cultural feature reserves. These areas strengthen ecological connectivity across Xaydaa Gwaay.yaay. Haida Gwaii’s broader system of co-managed parks and Protected Areas (Haida Heritage Sites/conservancies). Verified outcomes include more than 44,000 hectares of conservation area and improved habitat conditions for species such as Taan Haida Gwaii Black Bear, Ts’allang.nga Marbled Murrelet, and Stads K’un Northern Goshawk.
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