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Interior Forest Sector

Renewal

Ensuring local insight and input informs

how we shape a prosperous and

competitive Interior future forest sector

IDEAS FOR INTERIOR FOREST SECTOR RENEWAL

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Welcome & Introduction


Thank you for being here today to support our Interior forest sector and contributing to B.C.’s thriving economy.

The Interior sector is facing challenges, as we all know. A shrinking supply of beetle-killed timber, record wildfire seasons,

U.S. lumber trade actions and declining lumber prices have all made business more difficult.

We need to take a different approach to address these challenges and secure and restore B.C.’s forestry jobs. That’s why

you’re here today. We need to hear your ideas and solutions.

I have asked industry, labour, First Nations and leaders in forest-dependent communities to come together and create a

framework that will keep the industry thriving and grow it into tomorrow.

It’s a locally-led, collaborative process to support communities and set our course for the future of forestry in the Interior.

This is our opportunity to build the future we all want:

• a competitive forest industry;

• opportunities for local workers;

• meaningful partnerships with First Nations; and

• security for forest-dependent communities.

I know you want to be a part of the solution.

I am confident that by working together we can chart a positive future for the forestry industry and the communities, workers

and families who rely on it.

Thank you for taking the time to help.

Doug Donaldson

Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource

Operations and Rural Development

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• Provide context of Interior Forest Sector Renewal Initiative

• Learn about the initiative's engagement process

• Learn about the policy areas and opportunities for change

• Roll up our sleeves and get creative and collaborative

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Objectives for Session today


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The Province wants to hear from you:

Examples:

o Forest and Range Practices Act

o CleanBC

o Climate Adaptation

o Private Managed Forest Land program

o Improving wildlife management and habitat conservation

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Context – Linking to other public engagement


Forest

policy

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oLow lumber prices

oLong standing softwood lumber dispute

oAllowable annual cut reductions: forest pest infestations, wildfires

oMill curtailments and closures

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Context – Why Interior Forest Sector Renewal?


Provincial Objectives for a Renewed Interior Forest Sector

6IDEAS FOR INTERIOR FOREST SECTOR RENEWAL


Renewal

Globally competitive forest sector

Resilient communities and workforce

Reconciliation with Indigenous communities

Sustainable forest management

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Government is engaging on:

o Interior Forest Sector Renewal

o Timber Supply Area-level collaboration

o Policy creation (4 buckets or vehicles are legislation and policy, partnerships, guidance and tools, incentives)

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Context – Two parts to engagement

on Interior Forest Sector Renewal

Forest Policy Initiative Timber Supply Area collaborations

Why? Seek your ideas Encourage partnerships to develop a

shared vision at a TSA level

What? Input opportunity for policy

and program change

Multi-interest groups to work together to

establish shared interests for future

Who? Indigenous Nations, local

governments, industry, labour,

stakeholders connected to and

involved in forest sector, and

the interested public

Leaders of communities, industry,

Indigenous Nations, labour – working at

local level

When? Mid summer/fall Spring 2019 onwards

How? Meetings like this, or online Self-identified groups

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Next steps = Forest Policy Initiative engagement avenues:


How to share

ideas?

What is the

timing?

Best way to

share ideas?

What happens to ideas?

Participate in

regional / local

meetings

Through

website:

engage.gov.

bc.ca/

interiorforest

renewal

• Reviewed to see how

ideas/inputs support the

provincial objectives

• Grouped together in themes

• Produce a “What We Heard”

report

• Inform government policy

deliberations

Share thoughts

in an email

submission

Complete online

form

July 18

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October

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Mechanisms for Change

Policy

Legislation

Regulation

Partnerships

Tools

Guidance

Programs



Legislation

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Features:

• Complex to

develop

• Clarifies

general

government

direction

• Sets framework

• Challenging to

revise

Examples:

• Forest Act



Regulation

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Features:

• Provides

details for

legislation

• Moderately

challenging to

revise

Examples:

• Cut Control

Regulation

• Transfer

Regulation



Policy

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Features:

• Flexible to

change

• Simple to

introduce &

revise

(relative to

legislation and

regulation)

Examples:

• Interior

Appraisal

Manual

• Chief Forester

Standards for

Seed Use



Tools

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Features:

• Provide a

function to

support

planning,

decisions,

engagement

Examples:

• LiDAR forest

inventory

• iMAP



Partnerships

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Features:

• Opportunities

for parties to

pool

resources and

know-how to

advance

beneficial

work

Examples:

• Indigenous

Peoples

forestry

technical

training

program

• Bioproducts

research with

FPInnovations



Guidance

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Features:

• Can interpret

policies and

regulation

• Can provide non-

binding

recommendations

Examples:

• Guide to

Visual Quality

Objectives

(VQOs)

program

• District

Manager

Letters of

Expectation



Programs

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Features:

• Often

connected

with funding

• Leveraged

with other

party funding

Examples:

• Forest Carbon

Initiative

• Rural

Dividend


Policy Areas For Input

Forest Tenure and Fibre

Supply

Climate Change and

Forest Carbon

Manufacturing Capacity and

Fibre Utilization

Wood Products

Innovation

Reconciliation with

Indigenous communities

Fibre and Sustainability of Timber and Non-Timber

Forest Values



Forest Tenure

and Fibre Supply



Climate Change

and Forest Carbon



Manufacturing Capacity and

Fibre Utilization



Wood Products

Innovation



Reconciliation with

Indigenous communities



Fibre and Sustainability of Timber and Non-Timber

Forest Values


Provincial Objectives for a Renewed Interior Forest Sector



Renewal

Globally competitive forest sector

Resilient communities and workforce

Reconciliation with Indigenous communities

Sustainable forest management

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Next steps = Forest Policy Initiative engagement avenues:


How to share

ideas?

What is the

timing?

Best way to

share ideas?

What happens to ideas?

Participate in

regional / local

meetings

Through

website:

engage.gov.

bc.ca/

interiorforest

renewal

• Reviewed to see how

ideas/inputs support the

provincial objectives

• Grouped together in themes

• Produce a “What We Heard”

report

• Inform government policy

deliberations

Share thoughts in

an email

submission

Complete online

form

July 18

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October

11

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• Small group discussions

• Visit four tables, based on your interests

• 30 minutes per table / topic

• Five topics to choose from

• Table facilitator will start conversation

• No agreement necessary – all opinions are valid, all input welcome

• You can share your thoughts online after the session

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Ready, set, ideas!What’s important to you?


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