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It takes between 2 to 3 years to get a harvesting permit approved so that Indigenous
and environmental interests get appropriate consideration and analysis.
MILLION 3%
200 SEEDLINGS
Since the 1930s, more than 7.5 billion seedlings B.C. has roughly the same amount of forested
have been planted in B.C. to reforest areas after area as it did before European settlement.
logging, wildfire or insect infestations.
Only 3% of its land has been permanently
converted to other uses such as farming,
On average, over 200 million tree seedlings are ranching and urban development.
planted annually on public forest land in B.C.
0.35% A fraction of 1% of B.C.’s forests (approximately
200,000 hectares) are harvested annually. By
law these lands are reforested promptly.
Total area of B.C. - 95 million hectares
Forested land - 55 million hectares
Land available for harvesting - 22 million hectares
Annual timber harvest - about 200,000 hectares
Source: British Columbia Forest Facts 2018 - naturallywood.com
3900 Dunfield Rd,
West Kelowna, BC V4T 1W4
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