Co-managed by Tla-o-qui-aht, Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, Yuutu?it?aht and
Toquaht First Nations, together with Ecotrust Canada and the Clayoquot
Forest Communities Program, Qwii-qwiq-sap focused on building the
conservation economy by empowering communities to define and create
their own circles of wealth. Through the thoughtful integration of
forest management, community design, value-added production, alternative
technology development, construction and training, the initiative
demonstrated how we can achieve the ideal of getting direct local
benefits from regional resource extraction and use.