Community-based Natural Resource Management
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM ) is based on the principle that a natural resource is better managed if a community has rights to the resource, participates in decision-making affecting the resource, and receives benefits from its value. QLF has historically engaged in this type of work throughout the Atlantic Region. While in the past, it has focused on marine birds, today, QLF and partner organizations have created the Community Forest Collaborative to expand community ownership and management of forestland in northern New England. QLF continues its leadership in the field by working to advance the theory and practice of CBNRM through research, development of tools and resources, and projects.
Aerial view of Grand Lake Stream and the Downeast Lakes Land Trust's Farm Cove Community Forest. Photograph by New England Forestry Foundation