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Economic Impacts

Submission to the New Relationship Management Committee (First Nation Consultation and Accommodation: A Business Perspective), January 2007 (335KB)

Timber supply analysis: Mountain pine beetle impact on interior timber supply areas (482KB)

BC Competition Council Reports on the Forest Industry

	-	News Release (38KB)
	-	Backgrounder (37KB)
	-	Forestry Report (78KB)
	-	Wood Products Industry Advisory Committee Report (4MB)
	-	Pulp & Paper Industry Advisory Committee Report (3MB)

BC Depends on Forestry

Communities Need Help

Polls Show Supports The Forest Industry

PWC Unrealized Potential

The Urban Futures Institute released a study highlighting the continuing importance of the resource sector to the BC economy.
The Foundations of British Columbia’s Economic Base (749KB)

Environmental & Energy

Environmental Practices at British Columbia Dryland Sort & Log Storage Yards Background Report, prepared by Dennis Konasewich, Hemmera Envirochem Inc., April 2002.

	-	Cover (94KB)
	-	Report (185KB)
	-	Coast Log Flow Patterns in British Columbia , page 5 of report (32KB)
	-	Dryland Sort Facility & Burn Site, Schematic Best Management Design Features, page 8 of report (513KB)
	-	1. View of the interior log storage yard 2. View of the coast dryland sort, page 32 of report (3MB)
	-	3. Collection pond at Ainsworth Lumber 4. Portion of log yard at Fraser Lakes showing typical "terrace" and drainage ditch, page 37 of report (209KB)
	-	5. Wagner log carrier, page 42 of the report 6. Fueling station at dryland sort, page 47 of the report (214KB)

A Submission to the Scientific Advisory Panel to Review BC's Zero AOX Requirement, March 13, 2002 (315KB)

A JIESC Response to the Interim Report of the Task Force on Energy Policy, February 12, 2002 (201KB)

A New Era of Prosperity Though Power, “Maintaining BC’s Competitive Advantage”, August 17, 2001 (208KB)

Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) British Columbia, Cycle Two Review, 1997-2000, prepared by Hatfield Consultants Ltd., November, 2000 (5,438 KB)

Pulp and Paper Industry in British Columbia, Sunrise or Sunset? The Choice is Ours! prepared October 26, 2000 (560KB)

Final Report - Pulp Mill Residual Chemistry and Options for Regulation, prepared by Organix Waste Solutions Inc., September, 2000 (394KB)

Pulp and Paper Mill Residuals: A Resource Too Valuable to Waste, (BCPPA, July 12, 2000 Edition) (797KB)

Scientific Overview of AOX Discharge Limits and Current Regulatory Approaches, (D. Bright, Ph.D & Matthew Dodd, Ph.D) January 2000 (74KB)

Chlorine Dioxide: Environmental and Technical Information Manual, June 1997 (1.8MB)

Forestry

Mountain Pine Beetle; Impact on Interior Timber Supply Areas (471KB pdf)

New Forest Practice Code

COFI's Blueprint for Competiveness (310KB pdf)

Species at Risk: Bill C-5

Issues Relating to COFI's Key Areas of Change (495KB pdf)

Canadian Forest Practices as an International Trade Issue - May 1999 (91KB pdf)

A Preliminary Review of Estimates used to compare employment in the British Columbia, Washington and Oregon forest industries - March 1996

Renaissance or Requiem, March 1995

BC's forest practices are among the toughest in the world.
According to Dr. Benjamin Cashore, a professor at Yale University. Read the summary of his findings (

1.23MB pdf) or download the entire report from www.ifor.ca

Modernizing BC's Forest Policy Regime - An Industry Perspective (1.1MB)

Submission to the Firestorm 2003 Provincial Review - "Getting Control" (345KB)

Market Access & Trade

Offshore Markets' News, April 1998

Offshore Markets' News, November 1997

Annual Reports

2006 (880KB)

2005 (2MB)

2004 (2MB)

2003 (3.5MB)

2002 (823KB)