NEWS

Prowood Visits Vancouver B.C

Thursday 15th November 2018. 

A Prowood representative recently visited our West Coast suppliers in Vancouver (B.C).

Below are a few images of this stunning part of the world:

 

 

   

Interesting BC forest facts!

 

  • Today, BC has more forests that are over a century old than it did 40 years ago – 25 million hectares (62 million acres) compared to 18 million hectares (44 million acres).
  • Before 1900, fires burned an average of 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of forest per year. Currently, due to fire control efforts, fires burn an average of 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of forest per year. Logging currently occurs on about 190,000 hectares (470,000 acres) per year. The net result is an overall decrease in area disturbed, which has allowed many forests to survive to older ages.
  • BC is 95 million hectares (235 million acres) in size (about double the size of California). Almost 64% of the province – about 60.3 million hectares (149 million acres) – is forested.
  • Less than one-third of one percent of BC’s forest land is harvested annually.
  • Only 42% (25 million hectares or 62 million acres) of BC’s provincially owned forests are available for logging.
  • 58% percent of BC’s forests (35 million hectares or 86 million acres) will remain as original forests. How large is that? Almost as large as California (which is 100 million acres) and considerably larger than Nevada (70.3 million acres).
  • Original forests are areas that have never been logged or reforested. Original forests include parks; protected areas; areas unsuitable for logging; reserves around streams, lakes, and wetlands; and environmentally sensitive areas.
  • There are more forests growing in North America today than on the first Earth Day in 1973 (Canadian Wood Council).

 

Credit: https://canadaslogpeople.com/about/bc-forest-facts