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THE FACTS ON THE COASTAL FOREST SECTOR
Aug. 22, 2008
Ministry of Forests and Range
- The Coastal Forest Region covers 15.8 million hectares, with 3.14 million hectares in parks and protected areas. Of the 7.6 million hectares of Crown productive forests, 4 million hectares are considered old-growth. Only 769,000 hectares of Crown old-growth is available for harvesting.
- The protected areas as well as areas available for harvesting are the results of extensive land use planning processes – with one of the most significant being the February 2006 Coastal Land Use Decision – that protects 1.8 million hectares from resource activity.
- As well, the October 2007 Coastal Forest Action Plan encourages a shift from harvesting in old-growth forests to second-growth forests.
- Since 1995, the amount of second-growth harvested has increased from five per cent to 29 per cent. It has the potential to increase to 44 per cent over the next decade.
Log Exports
- Most of the timber harvested in B.C. is processed in B.C.
- Log exports amount to less than 5 per cent of the total harvest.
- Logs must be proven to be surplus to domestic manufacturers before they can be exported.
- A total of 74 percent of B.C. log exports come from private land that is not controlled by the province. The majority of private forest land in British Columbia is on southern Vancouver Island.
- Last year, Coastal log exports from Crown lands were 52 per cent lower than in 2006 - about 537,000 cubic metres compared with 1.126 million cubic metres in 2006.
Coastal R&D Program
- The future of the Coastal forest sector lies in innovation and more accurately matching the right forest resource to the right end-market and making better use of hemlock and balsam – the predominant tree species on the Coast.
- Together with federal government and coastal forest companies, the province is supporting a comprehensive research and development program by FPInnovations.
Working Roundtable on Forestry
- The 22-member Working Roundtable on Forestry has been charged with recommending a comprehensive, fiscally viable strategy aimed at making B.C.’s forest industry the most competitive, successful and productive it can be.
- The roundtable is gathering new and innovative ideas to develop its strategy. The roundtable’s progress will be reported to Cabinet quarterly, and its preliminary recommendations to Cabinet are to be developed by the end of 2008.
Letters to the Editor
July 9, 2008
Letter to the Editor
BUILDING A STRONGER FOREST SECTOR FOR VANCOUVER ISLAND
By Pat Bell
Minister of Forests and Range
Submitted: Nanaimo Daily News
Status: Not Published
I find it unfortunate that the Nanaimo Daily News maintains a consistently pessimistic outlook on the forest industry. [Read More]
