US EditionB.C. forestry review seeks overhaul, moving focus off harvest volumes
The report proposes dividing the province into about 100 management regions with long-term plans and calls for a transparent forest inventory managed by an independent body.
- Yesterday, the Provincial Forestry Advisory Council released a final report urging a systemic overhaul that shifts policy from managing harvest volumes to managing lands with a laser-measured public inventory and an independent management body.
- Citing inconsistent data, the council found public trust eroded by forest information controlled by industry and government, warning election cycles, fragmented mandates, and resistance to change block reforms.
- The authors, including a former chief forester, industry representatives and academics, recommend arm's-length assessment of high-value old growth and devolving tree-allocation decisions to individual regions outside provincial government.
- Under pressure, governments are being asked to act as the industry faces hefty U.S. tariffs and urges federal and provincial governments to intervene while a new task force forms.
- Looking beyond immediate reforms, the report positions implementation as a way to improve public trust, alter industry operations and trade competitiveness, and protect high-value old growth.
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B.C. forestry review seeks overhaul, moving focus off harvest volumes
A government-commissioned review of forestry in British Columbia is calling for the system to be razed and rebuilt with a focus on trust and transparency about the state of the province’s forests, shifting away “from managing harvest volumes to managing lands.”
B.C. forestry review calls for more transparent data, assessment of old-growth trees
The final report from the Provincial Forestry Advisory Council says trust has been eroded by inconsistent forest data controlled largely by industry and government. It calls for a transparent forest inventory based on laser measurements with a new independent body to manage the information.
Provincial Forest Advisory Council Misses the Mark on the Problems and Solutions Regarding BC’s Forestry Crisis
AFA and EEA say the Provincial Forest Advisory Council’s new report overlooks the real solutions to BC’s forestry crisis. The post Provincial Forest Advisory Council Misses the Mark on the Problems and Solutions Regarding BC’s Forestry Crisis appeared first on Ancient Forest Alliance.
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