A Decade in Review: Observations on Regulation of Forest and Range Practices in BC
One of the fundamental purposes of the Forest Practices Board is to encourage continual improvements in forest and…
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Meeting Outstanding Silviculture Obligations in the Kotcho Area
In 2009, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (the complainant) filed a complaint with the Board asserting that Canada Resurgence…
Forest Practices Effective at Reducing Landslides
Forest companies did a good job reducing the occurrence of landslides caused by their operations under the Forest Practices Code, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Western Forest Products Inc. – FL A19231
As part of its 2015 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Forest Licence A19231,…
Provincial Systems Fail to Protect Threatened Species
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board has found that there is a systemic failure in government policy to protect threatened species such as marbled murrelets on crown forest lands. The findings were released as the close of a board investigation of a 1999 complaint concerning logging approvals in the Brand Valley on south-western Vancouver Island, […]
Provincial Land Use Planning: Which way from here?
Strategic land use planning can touch on all aspects of natural resource management. At the Forest Practices Board, our…
Interim Report on Complaint Investigation
The Forest Practices Board is an independent government body that reports to the public about compliance and enforcement of the Forest Practices Code and the achievement of its intent. One of the responsibilities of the Board is to deal with public complaints relating to forestry matters included in the Code. The Board is completing an […]
