Forest Information & Education
- What is Sustainable Forest Management?
- Ask the Society...
- Forest Information Links
- Forestry Schools in BC
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What Is Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)?
The British Columbia Forests Society endorses the principle that SFM is fundamental to the practice of forestry in BC. There are several definitions of the concept of SFM, and the Society supports the use of the Montreal Process of Criteria and Indicators for Conservation and Sustainable Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests.
SFM is more than sustainable timber harvest or management, and it is more than 'timber management burdened with environmental regulations and protected areas.' The Montreal Process outlines the key elements of conservation and SFM as:
1. Biological diversity
2. Productive capacity of forest ecosystems
3. Forest ecosystem health and vitality
4. Soil and water resources
5. Forest contributions to global carbon cycles
6. Social and economic benefits
7. Legal, institutional and economic frameworks
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Ask the Society...
We welcome any and all questions about SFM, and will provide an answer to you as quickly as possible. Please email us with your question.
We will post responses in this section to as many of these questions as possible. So please check back soon...
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Forest Information Links:
| Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands | www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/sof/ |
| BC Ministry of Environment | www.env.gov.bc.ca/soerpt |
| BC Market Outreach Network | www.bcforestinformation.com |
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Forestry Schools:
| BC Institute of Technology
(BCIT) (Renewable Resources Fish, Wildlife and Recreation) |
www.bcit.ca/study/programs/7200diplt |
| College of New Caledonia | www.cnc.bc.ca/forestry |
| Vancouver Island University | www.viu.ca/forestry |
| Northern Lights College | www.nlc.bc.ca |
| Selkirk College | www.selkirk.bc.ca/rr |
| Thomson Rivers University | www.tru.ca/schs/nrsc/ |
| University of BC (UBC) | www.forestry.ubc.ca |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | www.unbc.ca/forestry |
