Managing B.C.’s Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and Conservation

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by: Ben Parfitt
Partners: CCPA–BC Office, BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union, Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, Sierra Club of BC, United Steelworkers District 3 – Western Canada, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
ISBN: 978-1-897569-57-3

Climate solutions British Columbia, decarbonization, land use, energy, conservation, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, forests

Forest industry unions and environmental organizations are united in their belief that B.C. must manage its forest more wisely. Forests provide a major hedge against climate change because they absorb and store carbon that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere.

Managing B.C.’s Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and Conservation calls for a number of measures, including increased conservation, a new approach to calculating logging rates that takes into account carbon storage, reducing waste, better tree-planting methods and a cautious approach to wood-fired bioenergy.