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Diane Nicholls, Assistant Deputy Minister Chief Forester for the province of BC

1. BC landscape – diversity 2. Drivers of Change Climate First Nations Insects Wildfire

• 3. Mitigation Strategies for Reducing Risk

Forest Carbon Initiative Forests For Tomorrow Seed

• ~50,000 – 70,000 invertebrates
• 1138 species of vertebrates
• 1059 non-vascular plants
• 3391 vascular plants
• 578 lichens

Samuel Brinker Kristiina Ovaska

• 488 bird species,
• 142 mammal species
• 18 reptile species,
• 22 amphibian species,
• 83 freshwater fish species
• 368 saltwater fish species

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Timber Harvesting Land Base: 22 million ha Annual area harvested: ~ 200,000 ha Total area of B.C.: 95 million ha Forested Land: 57 million ha

Forest Carbon Initiative (FCI)

BC’s Forest Carbon targets

• 2030: reduce GHGs from BC forests by 3 Mt/yr (federal)
• 2050: reduce GHGs by 11 Mt/yr (provincially legislated)

FCI

• enhance forest carbon sequestration
• avoid forest carbon emissions
• forest carbon management includes: rehabilitation,

reforestation, fertilization and utilization

• research, innovation and funding for activities that would

not otherwise occur (e.g non-timber harvesting land base)

Forests for Tomorrow Program

Since 2005:

• Surveyed: 1.8M ha
• Site prepared: 33,000 ha
• Planted 113,000 ha with 157M

seedlings

• 45% Class A seed
• Spaced: 10,300 ha
• Fertilized: 142,000 ha
• Brushed: 8,800 ha

Provincial Objectives : 1) Select seed for reforestation

• 93 tree seed orchards
• 750 - 2500kg of seed annually
• 150 million select seed sown

2) Genetic gain

• average 17%

3) Climate-based seed transfer 4) Use of pest-resistant seed 5) Genetic conservation

Seed for Reforestation