Restoring the Public Good on Private Forest Lands (Parfitt 2008)
TITLE: Restoring the Public Good on Private Forest Lands
AUTHOR: Ben Parfitt
DATE: 2008
DESCRIPTION: Report on logging by the Big 3 (TimberWest, Island Timberlands, Western Forest Products) on private forest lands in BC.
EXTRACT: “Private forestlands are a small but highly significant component of British Columbia’s land base. Located primarily on southeast Vancouver Island (but with significant pockets on the mainland coast and in BC’s interior), they are famed for their fertile soils, temperate climate and globally rare Douglas fir forests. Three companies – TimberWest, Island Timberlands and Western Forest Products – account for 80 per cent of logging in such forests…”
ACCESS: Free online access here