This work endeavoured on a preliminary futuristic imagining of what it would take for Forest to practice its sovereignty in our current system. The concept of Forest Sovereignty is employed to mitigate against the challenges identified in this work within the forest governance space in Canada. As an attempt to make this imagining real, the practice of governance is leveraged to anchor the concept of Forest Sovereignty. Because there are signals in the Web 3.0 space that are exploring ways in which natural resources, particularly Forest, may be governed differently, blockchain technology is explored as a tool to do this. While it is determined that blockchain technology is not sufficient, it is revealed that this research question is essentially an exploration into two significant matters: 1) understanding that this question is essentially exploring the relationship between a natural entity (forest) and a piece of technology (blockchain), and 2) ways in which we, humans, may be able to engage more-than-human beings in meaningful ways as an attempt to shift away from human-centric systems. This shift is considered vital as human beings continue to demonstrate a lack of regard towards Earth.

Keywords: Forest Governance, Blockchain, Non-Human Relations, Web 3.0, Natural and Tech System Mergers