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The
FORESTRY SCENE ... Joseph C. Whitehead,
Western Canada's pioneer publisher in forestry,
lumber and construction, anchors our Forestry
Edition, featuring: •Foreign Markets
•Community Stability •Forest Renewal
•Fish and Wildlife Habitat •Watershed
Management •Wood Utilization •Recreation
•Visual Impact •Commercial Values
•Inventory •Selection Logging •Soil
Conservation •Monitoring •Research
•Harvesting •Insects and Pesticides
•Burning •Biological Diversity
•Public Participation. * BC's entire annual harvest
comes from less than 200,000 hectares - less than 1
per cent of the working forest. * The government makes over
45,000 inspections of industry practices each year
and has found a 98 per cent compliance. * To protect lands in their
natural state forever, BC has protected almost 12
million hectares. * The province has dedicated
more than 12 per cent of BC land to
parks. * More than 200 million
seedlings, or about three seedlings for every tree
cut, are planted every year to supplement natural
regrowth. * Operations representing
more than 40% of the allowable harvest are
certified, and more certifications are on the
way. * Almost 50% of all
silviculture expenditures in Canada occur in
BC. * The Forest Practices Code
of BC was adopted in 1995 and requires some of the
most stringent forest practices requirements in the
world. * More than half of BC's
forested area has had little or no human
disturbance. *A pproximately 26 million
hectares of the productive forest area is mature or
old growth forest. * More than 3.2 million
hectares, or 13% of old growth forests are
protected. * Second growth forests are
growing 20-30 per cent faster than
predicted. * We've been logging for more
than 120 years and still almost 80 per cent of our
forests remain untouched. * The Canadian forest
industry harvests less than 1/400th of the nation's
forests annually. * We've already met the World
Wildlife Fund target for total protected forest
area. * Since 1992, we've created
more than 300 new protected areas. * In 2000 we met the United
Nations target for t * Forests cover 62% of BC,
but the Working Forest is limited to just 24% of
the province. * BC has established Canada's
only grizzly bear sanctuary at the Khutzeymateen
Valley. * The Forest Practices code
contains special measures to protect biodiversity,
wildlife and community watersheds. * A grizzly bear conservation
plan and the Spotted Owl Management Plan will
protect critical habitat and sustain the
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Facts
about Forestry
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By law, all harvested areas must be reforested. We
will soon plant our 5 billionth tree.
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There is more old growth in BC now than there was
100 years ago.
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protected areas.