Introduction
Living Forest Communities is a for-profit company, whose primary goal is to advance the practice of ecosystem-based forestry in British Columbia and to find innovative means to finance this advancement. Our most successful business model is to develop small clustered conservation communities in the forest, designed with "light on the land" infrastructure and low impact residential dwellings. The thoughtful design and layout of the common areas and buildings means that we are creating hamlet communities, not just more rural subdivisions. We combine the best in traditional neighbourhood design for the hamlet areas with ecologically sound conservation covenants for the eco-forestry areas. The covenants, which are registered against the land, mandate that the forest land is to be used only for sustainable eco-forestry, agro-forestry and related value-added product manufacturing.
Living Forest Partnership is a BC registered Limited Partnership that works closely with land owners, municipalities, land trusts, foundations and concerned individuals to find and finance land suitable for ecosystem-based forestry. In furtherance of this goal we have partnered with the Canadian federally chartered charity, the Trust for Sustainable Forestry, as well as other land trusts and NGOs including The Land Conservancy of British Columbia.Our newest project, Elkington Forest, is located on Vancouver Island, only 30 minutes north of Victoria. Please visit our new website for more information about this beautiful forested land south of Shawnigan Lake.
For more information about Living Forest Communities, to meet some of our team and to watch insightful interviews with the experts, we would like to invite you to view our video.
