ustry
The Allowable
Annual Cut (AAC)**
Who Owns BC’s Forests?**
95%
4%
95%
Crown Provincial (89,512,571 ha)
is the maximum
amount of timber
that may be harvested
per year from a specified
area of land. Currently, the
overall AAC in BC is 85 million
cubic metres. The AAC is set at a
sustainable level for a 10-year period.
The Province’s Chief Forester reviews
the timber supply on a regular basis,
normally every ten years. Following that
review, the AAC may increase, decrease,
or remain unchanged.
Private ownership (4,188,346 ha)
1% Federal
0.1% First Nations
(1,037,102 ha)
(134,878 ha)
Total provincial land base: 94,872,897 ha
2009
The BC forest sector
continues to recover
from 2009, the sector’s
worst year of the recession, and one of the
worst years for BC forestry in recent history.
Half of Crown Forest is
Considered Harvestable.**
Area harvested on:
• public forest land: averaged 180,000
hectares per year since 1990
• private forest land:
20,000 hectares annually
By law, all forest harvested on
public lands must be regenerated.
Economic Impact
(Based on 2013 percentages)
Forestry accounts for 24% of direct
manufacturing employment.
Forestry is a major customer for BC’s
transportation industries – trucking,
railway, and shipping.
One out of every four
manufacturing jobs is related to
forest products manufacturing.
• An estimated 14 million metric
tonnes of forestry cargo is
shipped through BC ports to
more than 25 countries.
Forestry consists of more than
7,000 businesses in BC.
• Most are small businesses, with 83%
employing less than 20 employees.
40% of BC’s regional economies are
forest-dependent.
Source: BC Forest Industry: Economic Impact Study, MNP LLP. 2015.
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