British Columbia forest products industry faces uncertain future as government defers millions of acres from logging. Government plans to set aside 6.4 million acres of forest for two years as they work with First Nations communities on permanent old-growth timber management plan. Timber markets in British Columbia were thrown into a state of confusion early this month when the provincial government announced 2.6 million ha (6.4 million acres) of forest would be set aside from harvest to protect old-growth stands. The “deferral areas ...
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