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Crown Land Use Planning Enhancement ProgramAdministered by: Ministry of Agriculture and Lands The Crown Land Use Planning Enhancement (CLUPE) Program has been established to augment the province’s strategic land use planning program. Strategic land use plans are completed for areas across the province to resolve land use conflicts and establish a system of broad land use zones and objectives for resource management within those zones. This set of zones and objectives guides resource management and use and helps to identify economic opportunities within the plan area. Strategic land use plans are developed by key stakeholders and, wherever possible, First Nations in the plan area. First Nations who do not directly participate are consulted to get their input on resource use in the interim until treaties can be settled. The province’s planning program also includes preparation of landscape/watershed level sustainable resource management plans. These plans further refine the broad objectives from strategic land use plans by providing more detailed objectives to guide industry and agency activities in a plan area. CLUPE funds are allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (MAL) regional offices annually in accordance with their anticipated needs and are managed along with base budget funds to achieve the following planning objectives: Objective #1. Build land / resource planning capacity in the communities where planning is happening, and develop local-level support for planning outcomes.
Objective #2. Specify government’s objectives for Crown forest land and resources.
Objective #3. Ensure that forest land planning decisions are based on sound analysis and information.
Objective #4. Ensure that strategic land use plans achieve their intended social, economic and environmental objectives.
CLUPE funding is instrumental in assisting with implementation of three regional land use plans and 17 approved sub-regional land and resource management plans (LRMPs). The funds are also crucial to supporting planning currently underway, including completion and approval of four LRMPs and preparation of a number of sustainable resource management plans.
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