B.C. Piloting Landscape-Level Forestry Zone-Based Management
The pilot would create conservation, multiple-use and working forest zones and add a no net loss rule to ease permit delays and timber access issues.
- Forests Minister Ravi Parmar announced that the government, working with First Nations, will launch a new forestry zone Pilot this fall to simplify forest management and shape the industry's future.
- The new approach follows landscape-level planning recommendations from the 2020 Old Growth Strategic Review and a recent report by the Provincial Forestry Advisory Council.
- This Pilot scheme creates three distinct zones: a conservation area emphasizing habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on ecosystem function, and a working forest zone prioritizing timber harvesting.
- Parmar claims the new system will reduce permit complexity and wait times, helping lumber companies address challenges while accessing economically viable timber.
- Addressing wildfire mitigation, Parmar noted the Pilot includes a "no net loss provision" and may open previously protected areas, a step requested by communities in the Okanagan.
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B.C. piloting landscape-level forestry zone-based management - Creston Valley Advance
B.C. is planning to pilot a new system of forestry zones that Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says will simplify forest management. “This is going to help shape the future of forestry,” he said. The plan would create three types of zones: a conservation or protection zone that emphasizes habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on long-term ecosystem function but allowing different types of uses, and a working forest zone prioritizing harves…
B.C. piloting landscape-level forestry zone-based management - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
B.C. is planning to pilot a new system of forestry zones that Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says will simplify forest management. “This is going to help shape the future of forestry,” he said. The plan would create three types of zones: a conservation or protection zone that emphasizes habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on long-term ecosystem function but allowing different types of uses, and a working forest zone prioritizing harves…
B.C. piloting landscape-level forestry zone-based management - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
B.C. is planning to pilot a new system of forestry zones that Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says will simplify forest management. “This is going to help shape the future of forestry,” he said. The plan would create three types of zones: a conservation or protection zone that emphasizes habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on long-term ecosystem function but allowing different types of uses, and a working forest zone prioritizing harves…
B.C. piloting landscape-level forestry zone-based management - Northern Sentinel
B.C. is planning to pilot a new system of forestry zones that Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says will simplify forest management. “This is going to help shape the future of forestry,” he said. The plan would create three types of zones: a conservation or protection zone that emphasizes habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on long-term ecosystem function but allowing different types of uses, and a working forest zone prioritizing harves…
B.C. piloting landscape-level forestry zone-based management - The Interior News - Smithers BC
B.C. is planning to pilot a new system of forestry zones that Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says will simplify forest management. “This is going to help shape the future of forestry,” he said. The plan would create three types of zones: a conservation or protection zone that emphasizes habitat protection, a multiple-use zone focused on long-term ecosystem function but allowing different types of uses, and a working forest zone prioritizing harves…
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