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: - CREATING NEW. ones
S SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES

~ “we're re > model 1 ae the: province’ forest. {policies an
n ees g up the sector to. new players. Were reallocating’ :
20: per: cent. of timber held: by. major licensees to.

diversify our forest economy and make. room fot

Ip : ee with fresh ideas for forest management and

iach UP. > MARKETS
OR BC FOREST PRODUCTS

Cac unts for almost 10 per cent of global: wood

ct exports and more than 12 per cent. of pulp.

orts. We. export. tore than 90 percent. cof our ©
‘forest products — so whatever happens in the global :
marketplace affects every British Columbian. In an
ncreasingly global economy, with new competitors |
merging all the time, it's-essential we aggressively:

be our forest products and world- -leading forest

strengtienin

e partners and werking to. open up new markets,

processing. “We're making. timber more accessible to:
a value-added manufacturers, local entrepreneurs

thina healthier BC economy.

“ENSURING SUSTAINABLE»
“FOREST PRACTICES oe

Another: part of our forest revitalization ‘plan |

. sustainable : forest - management. Our new forest):
practices code requires the forest industry to meet
‘strict standards. for. sustainable forest: management; - © -

while providing the flexibility needed to achleve a
~ better economic and environmental results. Thenew
“-¢ade focuses ¢ on results, not’ costly, time-consuming a.
_ paperwork. Companies must achieve ‘measutable

"and enforceable results set out in forest stewardship. ~

~ plans or face. fines of up to $1 million or time in jail,

"The code, along with the BC industry's world-class”

forestry practices and leadership in independent:

certification, ‘will. ensure the. province's renewa

ff est resources are there for | future. generat ns

TO GET. A COPY OF BC'S FORESTRY -
REVITALIZATION PLAN, VISIT
WWW.FOR.GOV.BC.CA/MOF/PLAN
OR CALL 1-888-316-8811. :

& Last year the forest industry
paid $2 billion to the province
and its municipalities, enough
to fund 390,000 of BC's
students in grades {tol

& Close to 600 mills, large and.
small, provide jobs in well over
150 BC communities

# The average salary and benefits
for a forest worker exceeded . ey:
567,000 in 1999

& Secondary manufacturing ° :
from timber or lumber employs |
20,000 British Colurnbians and ~.;

roduces an estimated $4.6° .
Bittion | in annual sales =.

Forest product exports in 2001

totaled $14.2 billion — half of :

all BC exports

Every year we plant 200 million
trees, for a total of five billion . |
by May 2002 — every time os 4
we cut a tree we replace | it.

with another

Less than one-third of one p

cent of the total area of BC's
forests is logged each year,

| producing a quarter of all the”
provinces goods and. service