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Forestry industry platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Provide $50M to convert old-growth deferrals into permanent protections and retrofit mills

    "Protecting old-growth trees: $50 million to convert old-growth deferrals of the most irreplaceable and rarest forests into permanent protections, while supporting mills to retrofit and make more value-added products with second growth." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

We don't have any BC Conservative policies on Forestry industry.

BC Green
  • Reset the forest sector around a sustainable fibre supply, regional planning, more local manufacturing, and more value from every tree harvested
  • End conventional clear-cutting across public forests, and work with First Nations, communities, workers, and industry to transition away

    "End conventional clearcutting across BC’s public forests. Work with First Nations, forest communities, workers and the industry to transition away from conventional clearcutting and toward forestry that maintains forest structure and reflects the ecology of each landscape." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Expand community and First Nations forestry with more and larger community forests without a requirement to maintain the Annual Allowable Cut

    "Expand community and First Nations forestry by increasing the number and size of community forests, removing requirements that force them to maintain the Annual Allowable Cut, and working toward dedicating 20% of the AAC to community forests." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Make more forest tenure be held by First Nations, communities, and smaller operators

    "Reform forest tenure so that more tenure is held by First Nations, communities and smaller operators rather than concentrated among a small number of large companies." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Shift forestry towards partial harvesting, selective logging, commercial thinning, and longer rotations

    "Shift forestry toward partial harvesting, selective logging, commercial thinning, longer rotations and other practices that maintain more forest structure and better reflect the ecology of each landscape." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Dedicate substantially more fibre to value-added production, with a short term goal of 30% to 50%, prioritising small and independent producers

    "Dedicate substantially more of BC’s available fibre to value-added production, with a short-term goal of directing 30% to 50% of available volume toward higher-value manufacturing and prioritizing small and independent producers." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Diversify milling and secondary manufacturing, including investing in facilities capable of using smaller-diameter and lower-quality fibre

    "Diversify milling and secondary manufacturing so BC gets more jobs and economic value from every cubic metre harvested, including investment in facilities capable of using smaller-diameter and lower-quality fibre." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • End raw-log exports and close loopholes that allow minimally-processed or rough-sawn wood to leave without meaningful processing

    "End raw-log exports and close loopholes that allow minimally processed or rough-sawn wood to leave British Columbia without meaningful processing here." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Share a greater portion of forest-resource revenues directly with First Nations, municipalities, and regional districts

    "Share a greater portion of forest-resource revenues directly with First Nations, municipalities and regional districts so communities that host forestry receive more of its economic benefits." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ban the use of glyphosate and other chemical herbicides
  • Support forestry workers through the transition with dedicated retraining, upskilling, and employment supports
  • Publish current maps, harvest data, and planning information

    "Improve forest transparency and accountability by publishing current maps, harvest data and planning information, and strengthening government monitoring and enforcement of forest-management rules." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Strengthen government monitoring and enforcement of forest-management rules

    "Improve forest transparency and accountability by publishing current maps, harvest data and planning information, and strengthening government monitoring and enforcement of forest-management rules." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Require basic ecological and cultural protections in private managed forests

    "Amend the Private Managed Forest Land Act to ensure basic ecological and cultural protections on private land." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

We don't have any OneBC policies on Forestry industry.
We don't have any CentreBC policies on Forestry industry.

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