What’s in it for the forest industry?
The forest industry will get the necessary legal direction they need regarding old growth values. It assures a clear and consistent approach for addressing this value, and therefore offers increased certainty for forest tenure holders. This order is an important part of the new results-based code under the Forest and Range Practices Act. By applying the existing policy for old growth conservation, the measures in that policy for reducing impacts on timber supply and harvesting costs are maintained.
