What Does Forestry Mean to You?
Forestry in British Columbia is playing a crucial role in addressing climate change by both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and capturing carbon naturally. By minimizing the amount of wood that burns or decays, B.C. forestry helps prevent emissions, while also producing sustainable green building materials and renewable energy. Additionally, reforestation efforts, including planting over 200 million trees annually, accelerate carbon absorption. Strict regulations and advanced techniques ensure high survival rates for newly planted trees, reinforcing the industry’s commitment to climate action. Through these efforts, B.C. forestry demonstrates how nature-based solutions can combat global warming effectively.
Kim Haakstad: Forestry in B.C. is at a crossroads. It deserves to be treated as the major project it is
Forestry in British Columbia is playing a crucial role in addressing climate change by both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and capturing carbon naturally. By minimizing the amount of wood that burns or decays, B.C. forestry helps prevent emissions, while also producing sustainable green building materials and renewable energy. Additionally, reforestation efforts, including planting over 200 million trees annually, accelerate carbon absorption. Strict regulations and advanced techniques ensure high survival rates for newly planted trees, reinforcing the industry’s commitment to climate action. Through these efforts, B.C. forestry demonstrates how nature-based solutions can combat global warming effectively.
New forestry advocate society presses for working forest legislation
In a mandate letter to B.C.’s new minister of Forests, Premier David Eby directs Ravi Parmar to create a ‘sustainable land base’ for an annual harvest of 45 million cubic metres of timber while protecting old growth forests. The newly formed society, Forestry Works for BC, advocates for legislative protection of working forests, akin to the Agricultural Land Reserve, to provide stability and certainty for the forestry sector. The society emphasizes the need for public awareness about the benefits of forestry, including clean energy production and ecosystem restoration, amidst the growing challenges of access to timber and increasing wildfire risks.